Schinus molle
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Description
Bark is dark brown, deeply fissured, flaking. Sticky resin exudes if the bark is damaged. Tips of the branches are hanging. Leaves are imparipinnate (pinnate with one terminal leaflet), up to 25 cm long, with a winged rachis and 20-40 leaflets. Leaflets are linear-lanceolate, margins entire or dentate, 2-5 cm x 4-8 mm. Leaves are aromatic when crushed. Inflorescence is an up to 30 cm long hanging panicle. Sepals are 5, very small. Petals are about 2 mm long, pale yellow. Fruit is a drupe, globose, 5-6 mm broad, red.
Growing form
An evergreen dioecious tree with round or somewhat umbrella-shaped crown and short trunk, 3-15 m tall.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical Plants of Economic Importance (AGRI-247) - Angiosperms: dicots
Observations in Finland
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Schinus molle
Author
L.
Vernacular names
- perunroseepippuri (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009647
Taxon rank
species
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- Jouko Rikkinen
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- Vascular plants
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