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peduncles, up to 4 cm long; bracts 3, linear, caducous; calyx, about 6 mm long, 5-lobed;
corolla, slightly longer than calyx, 5-lobed, clawed, yellowish-orange to yellow,
persistent; stamens 5, connate at base; ovary, 1-celled, sessile; fruit, a 2-valved capsule;
seeds 1, rarely 2, exalate. Weed in waste places, vacant lots and ruderal habitats on
coastal strip. 3(58668), 4(112N), 5(5, 109a), 6, 7(22301), 8(9599).
Suriana maritirna L.
gie" , gie cool? (T)
SURIANACEAE
Indigenous. Pantropical. Rare. Shrub or small tree with pubescent young growth,
1 to 4 m high, often dwarfed and wind-trimmed when exposed to salt spray; leaves, 1.5
to 3 cm long and 2 to 6 mm wide, alternate, crowded, narrowly obovate-oblong or
linear-spathulate, acute, base decurrent, very short-petiolate; inflorescences, axillary
racemose clusters; bracts, green, persistent; calyx, 5-lobed, persistent; corolla, 5-lobed,
petals, about 8 mm long, imbricate, yellow; stamens 10; fruit, a 5-parted, 5-angled
capsule, pubescent, brownish, enclosed in persistent calyx, Rare coastal plant. 7(27820)
Muntingia calabura L.
bin (bean)(N)
TILIACEAE (Linden Family)
"Panama cherry", "Panama berry"
Recent introduction. Trop. America. Occasional. Small pubescent tree, 3 to 12 m
high, with tiered, slightly drooping branches; leaves, 5 to 10 cm long and 2 to 3.5 cm
wide, alternate, crowded, oblong-acuminate, obliquely subcordate, strongly asymmetrical,
thin, serrulate, sticky-pubescent, soon wilting; stipules, about 5 mm long, linear, paired,
unequal, caducous; inflorescences, supra-axillary, 1 or few-flowered clusters; pedicels,
about 2 to 3 cm long; calyx, 5 (rarely 6 or 7)-parted, sepals, about 1 cm long, lan-
ceolate-caudate, tomentose-hirsute; corolla, 5-parted, petals about 12 to 13 mm long,
broadly spathulate-deltoid, white or pink-tinged; stamens about 75, yellow; filaments,
about 6 mm long, slender, distinct, white; anthers, small, rounded, yellow; fruit, 1 to 1.5
cm in diameter, subglobose, berry-like (baccate), 5-celled, light-red to yellowish, sweet,
juicy, edible; seeds, many, about 0.5 mm long, elliptic, grayish-yellow, embedded in
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interior Baiti District. Ripe fruit eaten as a snack food, primarily by children. 3(58752),
4(139N), 5(91), 6, 7.