Post by Melanie on Feb 8, 2007 22:12:48 GMT 1
extinct plant from Rodriguez
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Syzygium balfourii
COMMON NAME: Bois de clous
LOCATION:
STATUS: Extinct
DESCRIPTION: A shrub, glabrous, reaching 5m high, twigs rounded, bark whitish. Leaves with petiole 10-15mm long, limb oblong or strictly oval, pointed at the tip, cuneiform to obtuse at the base, sub coriaceous. Inflorescence terminal, in thyrsus of 15-25 flowers, 6-10cm long, branches 4-gones. Flowers ‘4-mere’, grouped in 3 at the top of branches. Terminal flowers have pseudo-pedicel 2-3mm long and lateral ones are sessile. Flower bud turbinate. Petal +_circular, free, 3mm in diameter white. Fruit turbinate.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Syzygium balfourii
COMMON NAME: Bois de clous
LOCATION:
STATUS: Extinct
DESCRIPTION: A shrub, glabrous, reaching 5m high, twigs rounded, bark whitish. Leaves with petiole 10-15mm long, limb oblong or strictly oval, pointed at the tip, cuneiform to obtuse at the base, sub coriaceous. Inflorescence terminal, in thyrsus of 15-25 flowers, 6-10cm long, branches 4-gones. Flowers ‘4-mere’, grouped in 3 at the top of branches. Terminal flowers have pseudo-pedicel 2-3mm long and lateral ones are sessile. Flower bud turbinate. Petal +_circular, free, 3mm in diameter white. Fruit turbinate.
