Maytenus boaria |
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maiten tree, mayten, mayten tree |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering spring; fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed scrub and oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 100–400 m. (300–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; South America (Argentina, Chile) [Introduced in North America] |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 128. |
Parent taxa | Celastraceae > Maytenus |
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Name authority | Molina: Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, 177, 349. (1782) |
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