Calophyllum inophyllum |
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Alexandrian laurel, mastwood |
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Habit | Trees usually with relatively short trunks and spreading branches, 7–25(–35) m. |
Leaves | petiole broadened and flattened toward blade, 10–25 mm; blade bright green, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 8–20 × 4.5–12 cm, base cuneate to rounded, finally decurrent, margins ± undulate, apex rounded to retuse, lateral veins prominent on both surfaces. |
Inflorescences | in distal axils, 3–12-flowered. |
Flowers | 2 cm diam.; sepals reflexed, outer pair orbiculate, 7–8 mm, inner pair obovate, ± petaloid, 10 mm; petals 4, white, obovate, 9–12 mm; ovary globose. |
Drupes | green, globose to obovoid, 2.5–5 × 2–4 cm; stone subspheric, smooth. |
2n | = 32. |
Calophyllum inophyllum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Wetlands, especially coastal |
Elevation | 0–20 m [0–70 ft] |
Distribution |
FL; s Asia (India, Sri Lanka); e Africa; Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar); Pacific Islands [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Calophyllum inophyllum occurs in southern Florida; it is widely planted and possibly naturalized. The smaller-flowered C. antillana Jacquin has also been recorded as seminaturalized on the keys. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 65. |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 513. (1753) |
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