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Maytenus boaria

maiten tree, mayten, mayten tree
Habit Trees to 15 m.
Stems

erect to spreading;

branchlets gray-brown, pendent, glabrous.
Leaves

petiole 2–5 mm;

blade elliptic to lanceolate, 1–6 × 0.4–2 cm, base cuneate, margins regularly serrulate, apex acute.
Flowers

sepals green, rounded;

petals 1.5–3 m.
Capsules

yellow or straw colored, 5–9 × 5–6.5 mm.

Maytenus boaria
Phenology Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
Habitat Disturbed scrub and oak woodlands.
Elevation 100–400 m. [300–1300 ft.]
Distribution
map from FNA
CA; South America (Argentina, Chile) [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Maytenus boaria is naturalized in the San Francisco Bay area, where it spreads after fires.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Parent taxa Celastraceae > Maytenus
Sibling taxa
M. phyllanthoides
Name authority Molina: Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, 177, 349. (1782)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 128. Treatment authors: Jinshuang Ma, Geoffrey A. Levin.
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