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Fagraea
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Fagraea berteroana
Hawaii, cultivated
Photo: Tim Motley
Note: first day corolla is white, next
day creme
colored. Extremely fragrant flowers (used in leis and for perfumes).
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Fagraea berteroana
Hawaii, cultivated
Photo: Tim Motley
Note: bird-dispersed, fruits very fleshy and
sticky (latex in skin)
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Fagraea berteroana
Hawaii, cultivated
Photo: Tim Motley
Note: sticky latex under/in skin of fruit,
parietal placentation with inrolled placentas
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Fagraea ceilanica
Hawaii, National Botanical Garden, Kauai,
cultivated
Photo: Lena Struwe
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Fagraea ceilanica
Hawaii, National Botanical Garden, Kauai,
cultivated
Photo: Lena Struwe
Note: Flowers up to 10 cm long, lasts for only a
day.
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Fagraea fragrans
Malaysia
Photo: M. Sugumaran
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Fagraea gracilipes
Fiji
Photo: Johan Rova
Note: stamens exserted far outside corolla mouth,
and a small capitate style.
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Fagraea racemosa
Fruits. Peninsular Malaysia.
Photo: Sugumaran M.
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Fagraea racemosa
Photo: Peter
Endress
Note: Racemose, hanging inflorescences, and ants
visiting glands on calyx. This plant is bat pollinated.
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Fagraea salticola
Photo: Tim
Motley
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