Stigma : always exserted above the anthers, 1.5-3mm wide, with four blunt lobes 1-2mm long x lavender
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower : single
Flowers : erect and numerous in terminal, di- to trichotomously branched panicles, 10 to 25 cm long, 9 to 20 cm wide, flowers widened toward apex in bud
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Fruit : subglobose, 8-12mm long x 7-10mm wide, purple with a glaucous, waxy bloom when ripe
Seed : 1-1.5mm long x 0.5-0.8mm wide
Habit : erect, woody shrubs or small trees, mostly glabrous throughout
Hardiness:
Height : 3-4 m
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Remarks : hermaphroditic, flowering is mostly in the dry season, from December to May, but also well into the wet season
Named : tree-like’
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Year (of first description) : 1825
Botanist : Sims
Authors : John Sims 1825, Berry & Breedlove 1996
Original publication : Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2620 1826
Habitat : barranca vegetation, or moist ravines, of pine-oak forest in the Sierra Madre Occidental from Durango to Oaxaca and through the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt to Veracruz and then into northern Oaxaca
Elevation : 1750-2500
Native country : Mexico
Synonyms : F. arborescens Sims, F. arborea Sessé & Moc., Schufia arborescens (Sims) Spach, F. arborescens forma parva Munz, F. arborescens forma tenuis Munz, F. arborescens var. megalantha Donn. Sm., F. arborescens var. arborescens, F. arborescens var. typica Munz
Gametic chromosome number n = 11
FOLIAGE
Leaves : opposite or three to four-verticillate, firmly membranous to subcoriaceous, petiole 12 to 30 mm long, stipules broadly triangular, occasionally connate, 0.8 to 1.2 mm long, 1.0 to 1.5 mm wide, deciduous
Foliage color upper side : smooth, deep lustrous green
Foliage color lower side : paler green
Leaf dimensions : 10-21cm long x 4-8cm wide
Leaf shape : elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate
Leaf margin : entire
Leaf tip : acute to acuminate
Leaf base : acute to narrowly cuneate
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Branches : branchlets ascending, 10 to 40 cm long, 2 to 5 mm thick, subtriangular to quadrangular, older branches and main trunk 5 to 25 cm thick
