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Myrcia sintenisiana (synonym Marlierea sintenisii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is limited to the Luquillo Mountains. It occurs in El Yunque National Forest in dwarf forest habitat on wet mountain ridges. Its common name is beruquillo.
This species can take the form of a shrub 3 or 4 meters tall or a tree up to 9 meters tall. New twigs are coated in reddish brown hairs, and older branches are bare and gray. The leaves are up to 7.5 centimeters long by 5 wide. New leaves are shiny and coppery in color. Hairy flowers grow in clusters.
Myrcia brevispicata · Myrcia peduncularis · Myrcia clarendonensis · Myrcia asperorum · Myrcia chionantha · Myrcia acutissima · Myrcia adunca · Myrcia albobrunnea · Myrcia almasensis · Myrcia arenicola · Myrcia ascendens · Myrcia attenuata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrcia sintenisiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
