ON THIS PLANT
Bosea yervamora Is a shrub up to 3 m with greenish slender branches. Leaves up to 7 cm long, ovate, lanceolate, alternate, short stalked, without hair. Flowers short terminal, arising from the axil of the leaf, indefinite inflorescences, greenish with two membranous, dry modified leaves at the base of the stem. Fruits greenish black turning pink when ripe, about the size of a small pea.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Bosea
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
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