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lades with axillary hair tufts beneath; petiole, short, arched, pubescent; inflorescences in
few-flowered axillary clusters; calyx, about 2.5 cm across, 4- to 10-lobed, lobes about 6
to 7 mm long, linear, ciliate or glabrous; corolla, tubular, often double, tube about 15
mm long, the lobes, oblong to nearly orbicular, obtuse, as long as tube, white, fragrant;
fruit a berry. Planted ornamental, especially in I-Kiribati and Tuvaluan gardens at
Location; also in Nauruan gardens. Flowers used in garlands and for scenting oil.
3(58719), 5(18), 6, 7.
ONAGRACEAE (Evening Primrose Family)
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven "swamp primrose", "willow primrose"
te mam (K); titania? (T)
syns. Jussiaea sufruticosa L. ; Oenothern octovalvis Jacq.
Recent introduction. Pantropical. Rare. Erect, coarse, slender, branching
perennial herb, 50 cm to 2 m high, with sparingly to densely pubescent and longitudinal-
ly-grooved stems which are somewhat woody at the base; leaves, 3 to 15 cm long and
0.5 to 2.8 cm wide, alternate, linear-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate or acute, base cuneate
to acute, with 11 to 20 pairs of lateral nerves; petioles, up to 1 cm long; inflorescences,
solitary, axillary, 2.5 to 3 cm across, borne on short pedicels, about 1.2 cm long with 2
small bracts near top; calyx, 4-lobed, lobes, 6 to 15 mm long and 1 to 7.5 mm wide,
ovate-lanceolate to linear, persistent, sometimes red-tinged; corolla, 4-petaled, tubular,
tube linear, about 2 cm long, petals, 5 to 17 mm long and 4 to 17 mm wide, broadly
obovateor cuneate, emarginate (notched), yellow, caducous; stamens 8, 1 to 4 mm long
(excluding anthers), alternately unequal; fruit, 1.7 to 6.5 cm long and up to 5 to 7 mm
wide, a longitudinally 8- to 10-ribbed cylindrical 4-celled capsule with sepals persistent at
apex, late dehiscent along the sides; seeds, 0.6 to 0.75 mm long, several-rowed in each
cell, free, not embedded in endocarp. Weed in swampy area bordering mangroves in
Meneng. 4 (150).
OXALIDACEAE (Wood Sorrel Family)
Averrhoa bilimbi L. " belimbi"
Recent introduction. Malaya to India. Rare. Small tree, 3 to 10 m high; leaves, up
to 60 cm long, odd-pinnate with 15 to 41 pairs of leaflets; leaflets, 3 to 11 cm long am-
1.5 to 3 cm wide, oblanceolate, acute-acuminate, a few proximal ones smaller than the
distal leaflets; inflorescences, cauliflorous or ramiflorous, borne in fascicles on branches
or trunk; calyx, 5-sepaled, sepals imbricate, yellowish-red to purple; corolla, 5-petaled,