| Dicotyledon | Literature for Sauvagesia erecta
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Ochnaceae -- The Ochna Family | Bibliography |
| Sauvagesia erecta | |
Common name(s): creole tree |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Possibly native to Africa (Dwyer, 1967), now naturalized throughout the tropics.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Moloka`i, Maui. | |
| Habit |
Glabrous perennial herbs, usually somewhat woody toward base; stems weakly ascending, 1-3 dm long, unbranched or few-branched. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 10-40 mm long, 3-12 mm wide, venation prominent on upper surface, margins callose-serrate, apex acute, base attenuate, petioles 2-5 mm long, stipules conspicuous, linear-subulate, 5-10 mm long, pectinate-ciliate, the cilia up to 6.5 mm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers axillary, solitary or few in cymes, pedicels slender, deflexed, 10-20 mm long; sepals lanceolate, 3.8-6 mm long; petals white or pink, obovate, 4-6.5 mm long, quickly deciduous; outer 1-3 whorls of staminodes of numerous purple filaments 1-1.5 mm long, apex reniform-capitate, inner series of staminodes 5, each one oblong, ca. 3-4 mm long; anthers oblong, ca. 2-2.5 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules ovoid, 3.5-7 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
2n = 38 |
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