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Gynochthodes myrtifolia

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(A. Gray) Razafimandimbison & B.Bremer

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Caroline Islands
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• Guam
• Marianas
• Marquesas
• New Caledonia
• New Hebrides
• Nuie
• Pitcairn Island
• Saipan
• Samoa
• Tahiti
• Tonga
• Vanuatu
• Wallis Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest
• coastal scrubland
• rain forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Dec Feb (New Hebrides)

Glabrous woody vine, shrub or small tree with glabrous stems becoming corky, glabrous leaves 70mm x 30mm, terminal or axillary umbels to 22mm diameter of white or yellow-green fragrant flowers, white corolla tube 2mm long villous inside, 4-6 lobes 3mm long, green to dull red or orange fruit to 15mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• AAAS Vol4
• JPS
• Flora Micronesia
• FV
• Kew
• JAA
• Smithsonian