- Family:
- Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh.
Embelia Burm.f.

[FZ]
Myrsinaceae, F. K. Kupicha. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs, very often scandent, rarely arborescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves entire or crenate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers unisexual (and species dioecious), 4–5–merous, borne in axillary racemes or umbels or in terminal or lateral panicles (not in F.Z. area).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals almost free or shortly connate, imbricate, usually marked with resiniferous dots.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals free or shortly connate, elliptic, obovate or oblong, the inner surface and sometimes the outer margins densely papillose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens longer or shorter than corolla and inserted at varying levels, rarely almost free; filaments usually well developed; anthers dehiscing by slits or very rarely by pores (not in F.Z. area), usually with a dark spot on the abaxial side.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary of female flower subglobose or ovoid, often pilose, with a long or short style; stigma disciform, entire or rarely lobed; placenta with few ovules arranged in 1 row.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a ± globose 1–seeded drupe.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed subglobose, with a small to large basal cavity; endosperm ruminate (in F.Z. species) or smooth.
[FTEA]
Myrsinaceae, P. Halliday. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984
- Morphology General Habit
- Scandent shrubs or small trees, dioecious, glabrous or pubescent
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate, rarely subsessile, alternate, entire or toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a terminal panicle, axillary raceme or cluster
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers pedicellate or sessile, 4-5-merous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals united to 1/3 or almost free, imbricate or rarely contorted
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals free or minutely coherent at base, mostly imbricate, rarely contorted, usually hairy on inner surface
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens longer than the petals and adnate to them at varying heights or rarely free; filaments long, slender, rarely short or absent; anthers splitting longitudinally
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary of ♂ flowers much reduced, conical, tongue-like or stipiform, that of ♀ flowers subglobose or ovoid, usually hairy, very rarely lepidote; ovules few in one row on the placenta; style rather thick; stigma disc-like, entire or rarely lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit globose, rarely obovoid, 1-seeded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed subglobose, covered by membranous remains of the placenta, sometimes much intruded at base; endosperm smooth or strongly ruminate; embryo cylindric, transverse.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Embelia adnata Bedd. ex C.B.Clarke
- Embelia amentacea C.B.Clarke
- Embelia angulosa King & Gamble
- Embelia angustifolia (A.DC.) A.DC.
- Embelia arborea A.DC.
- Embelia arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Embelia arunachalensis R.K.Choudhary, R.C.Srivast. & Arup K.Das
- Embelia australiana (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey
- Embelia basankusuensis Taton
- Embelia bataanensis Merr.
- Embelia beccariana (Mez) Dubéarnès, Julius & Utteridge
- Embelia biflora Mez
- Embelia boivinii Mez
- Embelia borneensis Scheff.
- Embelia bracteosa Scheff.
- Embelia brassii Sleumer
- Embelia butangifolia Dubéarnès, Julius & Utteridge
- Embelia buxifolia Ridl.
- Embelia calcarea H.R.Fletcher
- Embelia canescens Jack ex Roxb.
- Embelia carnosisperma C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Embelia caulialata S.T.Reynolds
- Embelia clarkei Bedd. & Mez
- Embelia clusiifolia Miq.
- Embelia comorensis Mez
- Embelia concinna Baker
- Embelia cordata Philipson
- Embelia coriacea Wall. ex A.DC.
- Embelia corymbifera Mez
- Embelia cotinoides (S.Moore) Merr.
- Embelia cuneata C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Embelia curvinervia S.T.Reynolds
- Embelia cyrtobotrya Miq.
- Embelia dasythyrsa Miq.
- Embelia deivanuae R.O.Gardner
- Embelia demissa Cordem.
- Embelia djalonensis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
- Embelia drupacea (Dennst.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
- Embelia effusa Mez
- Embelia elevativena Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Embelia elliptica Merr.
- Embelia floribunda Wall.
- Embelia flueckigeri F.Muell.
- Embelia foetida Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Embelia frangulifolia (Span. ex Miq.) Mez
- Embelia frondosa (King ex Gamble) D.G.Long
- Embelia fulva Mez
- Embelia furculosa B.C.Stone
- Embelia furfuracea Collett & Hemsl.
- Embelia gallatlyi King & Gamble
- Embelia gardneriana Wight
- Embelia gerardii Taton
- Embelia gracilenta S.Moore
- Embelia gracilis Turrill
- Embelia grandifolia H.R.Fletcher
- Embelia grayi S.T.Reynolds
- Embelia halconensis Merr.
- Embelia henryi E.H.Walker
- Embelia impressa H.R.Fletcher
- Embelia incumbens Mez
- Embelia intricata Dubéarnès, Julius & Utteridge
- Embelia javanica A.DC.
- Embelia keniensis R.E.Fr.
- Embelia kerrii H.R.Fletcher
- Embelia kuborensis Sleumer
- Embelia laeta (L.) Mez
- Embelia lampani Scheff.
- Embelia ledermannii Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Embelia legnophylla B.C.Stone
- Embelia libeniana Taton
- Embelia loheri Merr.
- Embelia longifolia (Benth.) Hemsl.
- Embelia luzoniensis Merr.
- Embelia macrocarpa King & Gamble
- Embelia madagascariensis A.DC.
- Embelia micrantha (A.DC.) A.DC.
- Embelia microcalyx Kurz
- Embelia microphylla Merr.
- Embelia minutifolia Stapf
- Embelia multiflora Taton
- Embelia myriantha Mez
- Embelia myrtillus (Hook.) Kurz
- Embelia nigropunctata Merr.
- Embelia nilotica Oliv.
- Embelia novoguineensis Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Embelia nummulariifolia Baker
- Embelia nutans Wall.
- Embelia obtusiuscula Mez
- Embelia oleifolia S.Moore
- Embelia ottoniana Sleumer
- Embelia ovata Scheff.
- Embelia ovatifolia Merr.
- Embelia pacifica Hillebr.
- Embelia palauensis Mez
- Embelia parviflora Wall. ex A.DC.
- Embelia pauciflora Diels
- Embelia penangiana (Oliv.) Mez
- Embelia pergamacea A.DC.
- Embelia phaeadenia Stapf
- Embelia philippinensis A.DC.
- Embelia polypodioides Mez
- Embelia procumbens Hemsl.
- Embelia pullenii Sleumer
- Embelia pyrifolia (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Mez
- Embelia racemosa (Hassk.) Hassk. ex Scheff.
- Embelia resinosa Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Embelia retata Mez
- Embelia reticulata (A.DC.) Wall. ex Mez
- Embelia ribes Burm.f.
- Embelia rigida Mez
- Embelia rodgeri W.W.Sm.
- Embelia rotundifolia Ridl.
- Embelia rowlandii Gilg
- Embelia rugosa (King & Gamble) Ridl.
- Embelia ruminata (E.Mey. ex A.DC.) Mez
- Embelia sarasinorum Mez
- Embelia scandens (Lour.) Mez
- Embelia schimperi Vatke
- Embelia scortechinii King & Gamble
- Embelia sessiliflora Kurz
- Embelia singalangensis Scheff.
- Embelia sootepensis Craib
- Embelia spiraeoides Stapf
- Embelia subcordata Ridl.
- Embelia subcoriacea (C.B.Clarke) Mez
- Embelia tiwiensis Jackes
- Embelia togoensis Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Embelia tortuosa Stapf
- Embelia tropophylla H.Perrier
- Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.
- Embelia upembensis Taton
- Embelia urdanetensis Elmer
- Embelia vaupelii Mez
- Embelia vestita Roxb.
- Embelia vinosiramosa Dubéarnès, Julius & Utteridge
- Embelia viridiflora (A.DC.) Scheff.
- Embelia welwitschii (Hiern) K.Schum.
- Embelia whitfordii Merr.
- Embelia xylocarpa P.Halliday
- Embelia zollingeri Mez
Embelia Burm.f. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Coode, M. [4460], Mauritius | 35415.000 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Kerala | K001132383 | Yes |
First published in Fl. Indica: 62 (1768)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Mez in Engl. Pflanzenr. 4, 236, Myrsinac.: 295 (1902). Nom. cons.
- —F.T.A. 3: 496
Flora Zambesiaca
- Fl. Ind.: 62, t. 23 (1768), nom. conserv.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Fl. Indica: 62, t. 23 (1768)
- Mez in E.P. IV.236: 295 (1902)
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