Maytenus 
CELASTRACEAE 203 
MAYTENUS Molina 
About 200 species, pantropical and subtropical; 7 species in Australia with 2 species in the NT and 1 
recorded in the DR. 
M. ferdinandi Jessup 
Deciduous tree to 8 m. Bark smooth, grey. Leaves 
alternate; petioles 9-13 mm long; blades slightly 
discolorous, elliptic, lanceolate, obovate, 40-100 mm 
long, 20-50 mm wide, L/B 1.8-3, entire. 
Inflorescences borne on old wood, racemose; bracts 
and bracteoles erose. Flowers bisexual, white. Sepals 
5, erose. Petals 5, 6-7 mm long. Stamens 5, inserted 
Cassine 
Maytenus 
M. ferdinandi 
on margin of flattened notched disc. Ovary 2-3- 
locular, ovules 2 per locule; stigma 2-3-lobed. Fruit 
a capsule, ellipsoid, 4-8 mm long, 2-3-valved. Seeds 
1-3, vernicose, red-brown; aril white, basal, fleshy. 
Flowering: Nov - Jan; fruiting: Dec - Mar. Fig. 68 
Occurs from the Kimberley to western Arnhem 
Land. Rare in the DR where known from Acacia Hills 
and Virginia. Associated with sandstone in Eucalypt 
savanna or edges of monsoon forest. 
Denhamia 
juvenile leaf is 
D. obscura 
Fig. 68 
