Myoporum boninense boninense (Myoporum boninense boninense)
Description
Myoporum boninense is a shrub,sometimes prostrate,others erect or spreading.It grows to a height of 2 metres (7 ft) high and usually lacks the wart-like tubercles of other members of the genus.The leaves are arranged alternately and are usually thick,often fleshy,12–70 millimetres (0.5–3 in) long,5.5–36 millimetres (0.2–1 in) wide.They are egg-shaped,sometimes with the narrow end towards the base and both surfaces are glossy and glabrous.The flowers are arranged in groups of 1 to 8 on a stalk 5–15 millimetres (0.2–0.6 in) long in the axils of the leaves and have 5 sepals and 5 white petals joined at their base to form a tube.The tube is 2–4 millimetres (0.08–0.2 in) long and hairy in the upper part,the lobes are 2–3 millimetres (0.08–0.1 in) long and hairy on the inner part.There are 4 stamens which sometimes fill the upper part of the hypanthium.Flowering occurs in spring and summer and is followed by fruits which are drupes 5–10 millimetres (0.2–0.4 in) in diameter and shiny pink,sometimes cream blotched with purple.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Scrophulariaceae
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Genus: Myoporum
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