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Scutia myrtina

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

(N.L. Burman) Kurz

Common Names

• Roiavotra (Madagascar)
• Voakotrana (Madagascar)
• Sety (Madagascar)
• Sega (Kihehe)
• Boty Mirongo (Madagascar)
• Dui ci teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• SW. Guangxi
• S. Yunnan - China
• Ethiopia
• India
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Reunion
• Rwanda
• Aldrabra - Seychelles
• Cape Provinces
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Uganda
• Vietnam
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• montane plateau

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)
• Feb-Apr (India)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Spiny evergreen woody scandent or erect shrub, liana or tree to 10m, young stems four-angled with paired hooked thorns, recurved prickles. Simple alternate glabrous leaves bristle tipped or toothleted towards apex. Axillary fascicles, umbels or cymes of yellow-green or white flowers, petals to 1mm. Globose red to brown drupe maturing black to 5mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• BF
• Sahyadri
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• IFV