Overview
4m shrub with paired 1-2cm spines; lvs 1-6cm, apex rounded or notched ; flowers clustered at end of on short shoots ; corolla white, tube 5-8mm, 5 loibes hairy in throat . Fruits c 1cm, globose , white.
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Indigo Berry, Inkberry, White Indigo Berry, White Indigoberry
Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire , and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style , and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Habit: Tree , Shrub
Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-8' tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Gardenia aculeata (L.) Aiton
- Gardenia randia Sw.
- Genipa aculeata (L.) M.Gómez
- Genipa aculeata (L.) Maza
- Solena randia (Sw.) D.Dietr.
Notes
A tentatively accepted name
in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Name
Status: Accepted Name.
Randia - Isaac Rand (d. 1743), London apothecary and Director of the Chelsea Physic Garden.
Place of publication
: Sp.
pl. 2:1192. 1753
Name verified on 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Randia
There are approximately 203 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
R. aciculiflora · R. aculeata (Indigo Berry) · R. aculeata f. minor · R. aculeata f. mitis · R. aculeata var. aculeata · R. aculeata var. dasyclada · R. aculeata var. dasyphylla · R. aculeata var. mitis · R. acunae · R. adolfi-friederici · R. africana · R. altiscandens · R. amazonasensis · R. angatensis · R. anisophylloides · R. annae · R. arborea · R. aristeguietae · R. armata · R. armata armata · R. armata panamensis · R. armata subsp. panamensis · R. asperifolia · R. audasii · R. bartlettiana · R. bernhardensis · R. boliviana · R. brenesii · R. brevipes · R. cacaocarpa · R. calliantha · R. calycina · R. calycosa · R. canescens · R. capitata · R. carlosiana · R. celastroidea · R. chiapensis · R. chromocarpa · R. ciliolata · R. cinerea · R. clathrodendron · R. clusiaefolia · R. comptonii · R. confusa · R. cookii · R. coronata · R. costata · R. crassispina · R. cubana · R. debruynii · R. decemcostata · R. denticulata · R. dioica · R. discolor · R. disperma · R. duckei · R. dumetorum f. inermis · R. dumetorum var. longispina · R. echinocarpa · R. elliptica · R. erythrocarpa · R. euacantha · R. ferox · R. fitzalani · R. forrestii · R. gambica · R. gardneri · R. genipaeflora · R. genipifolia · R. genipoides · R. gentryi · R. gibbsiana · R. glabrescens · R. graciliflora · R. grandifolia · R. grayumii · R. griffithi · R. guerrerensis · R. gynopachys · R. gynopachys var. rubiginosa · R. hainanensis · R. hebecarpa · R. hedrophylla · R. hidalgensis · R. hondensis · R. hoogstraalii · R. hygrophyla · R. immanifolia · R. induta · R. ixoriflora · R. janowskyi · R. jasminiflora · R. jasminodora · R. junghuhniana · R. kerstingii · R. killipii · R. laetevirens · R. laevigata · R. laevigatoides
Bibliography
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
- Fournet, J. 1978. Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. (F GuadMart)
- Lasser, T., ed. 1964–. Flora de Venezuela. (F Venez)
- Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida. (F TFla)
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
- Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex) [= R. mitis L.].
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 02, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 30, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de EcologÃa, A.C., México
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- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2657059
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-35131
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14249875
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:763959-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 30791
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 35131
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: RAMI4
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 59495
