#773 most planted
Myrsine
Myrsine · also Colicwood
Evergreen
485
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
5.5 in
median trunk (14 cm, 4 measured)
5.8 yr
median age (62% have a planting date)
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Myrsine is a genus of flowering plants primarily found in tropical and subtropical areas, containing over 280 species. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, simple, and alternate. The fruit is a thin-fleshed globose drupe.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3030.20%5.8 yr5.5 in
- 1820.01%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.5 in, mean 6.0 in, 90th percentile 11 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Queensland tropical rain forests
Other Myrsine in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.