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Myrsine coriacea
Myrsine coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through the Caribbean, Central America, and tropical South America to northern Argentina. In Colombia it is native to the Andes, Caribbean, Pacific, and Magdalena Valley regions from 820 to 3360 meters elevation. It is used as a medicine and for food.
Three subspecies are accepted.
Myrsine adamsonii · African Boxwood · Myrsine andersonii · Mapou · Myrsine brownii · Myrsine bullata · Myrsine ceylanica · Cook Islands Myrsine · Myrsine collina · Summit colicwood · Myrsine diazii · Myrsine falcata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrsine coriacea 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.
