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''Myrsine'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae. It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It contains about 200 species, including several notable radiations, such as the matipo of New Zealand and the kōlea of Hawaii (the New Zealand "black matipo", ''Pittosporum tenuifolium'', is not related to ''Myrsine''). In the United States, members of this genus are known as colicwood. Some species, especially ''M. africana'', are grown as ornamental shrubs. The leathery, evergreen leaves are simple and alternate, with smooth or toothed margins and without stipules. The one-seeded, indehiscent fruit is a thin-fleshed globose drupe. The flowers and fruits often do not develop until after leaf fall and thus appear naked on the branches. The fruits often do not mature until the year after flowering. The calyx is persistent. The Pacific basin and New World species formerly separated in the genera ''Rapanea'' and ''Suttonia'' (distinguished from the African and Southeast Asian ''Myrsine sensu stricto'' by having the style absent and staminal tube and filaments completely adnate to the corolla) are sometimes included in ''Myrsine''.〔 ==Selected species== * ''Myrsine adamsonii'' Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine africana'' (Africa and South Asia) * ''Myrsine andersonii'' Fosbert & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine aquilonia'' * ''Myrsine argentea'' * ''Myrsine australis'' - ''Red matipo, Mapou'' (New Zealand) * ''Myrsine brachyclada'' * ''Myrsine brownii'' Fosbert & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine bullata'' Pipoly (Peru) * ''Myrsine ceylanica'' (Mez) Wadhwa * ''Myrsine degeneri'' Hosaka (Oahu in Hawaii) * ''Myrsine diazii'' Pipoly (Peru) * ''Myrsine falcata'' Nadeaud (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine fasciculata'' (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine fernseei'' (Mez) Hosaka (Kauai in Hawaii) * ''Myrsine fosbergii'' Hosaka (Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii) * ''Myrsine fusca'' (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine gracilissima'' Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine hartii'' * ''Myrsine hosakae'' H.St.John (Pitcairn Islands) * ''Myrsine howittiana'' (F.Muell. ex Mez) Jackes (Eastern Australia) * ''Myrsine juddii'' * ''Myrsine juergensenii'' * ''Myrsine kermadecensis'' * ''Myrsine knudsenii'' (Rock) Hosaka (Kauai in Hawaii) * ''Myrsine laetevirens'' (Mez) Arechav. * ''Myrsine lessertiana'' A.DC. - ''Kōlea lau nui'' (Hawaii) * ''Myrsine linearifolia'' * ''Myrsine mezii'' Hosaka (Kauai in Hawaii) * ''Myrsine niauensis'' Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine nukuhivensis'' Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine obovata'' (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine oliveri'' Allan (New Zealand) * ''Myrsine orohenensis'' (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine pearce'' (Mez) Pipoly (Peru) * ''Myrsine petiolata'' Hosaka (Kauai in Hawaii) * ''Myrsine raiateensis'' (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine rapensis'' (F.Brown) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine reynelii'' Pipoly (Peru) * ''Myrsine rivularis'' (Mez) Pipoly (Peru) * ''Myrsine ronuiensis'' (M.Grant) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine sandwicensis'' A.DC. - ''Kōlea lau lii'' (Hawaii) * ''Myrsine sodiroana'' (Mez) Pipoly (Ecuador) * ''Myrsine tahuatensis'' Fosbert & Sachet (French Polynesia) * ''Myrsine umbricola'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Myrsine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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