FL, Keys, 20070101
Buttonwood, flower.
Just pix of a few random things around Buttonwood.
Murraya paniculata []
In front of I-8, fruits have been there for a while, these are the first flowers I've seen.
| GEN | bushy shrub, flowers v fragrant |
| LF | alt, pinnate, lflts alt, 6-8, obov, acute, thick, sl yellish, gland dotted (sl pitted ab and sl raised bel), glands sometimes visible held against the light |
| INFL | few at ends of sts |
| SEP | 5?, min |
| PET | 5, free, white, showy, curved gracefully out, strap-like |
| STAM | 10-12, atta at base around ov, exsert, uneven length |
| STYLE | 1, stig large two-lobed head, sl < stam |
| FR | ovoid to ellipsoid, green turning deep red, shiny, golden glands visible in skin, berry, 1 large hard seed, flesh < 1mm thick |