Family |
Viburnaceae
Viburnum tinus
L.
Viburnum tinus L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 267 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 320, Pl. CLXIII, 1a–b; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Shrub reaching about 5 m tall.
Leaves: Ovate-oblong, entire, with hairs on the lower surface; without stipules.
Inflorescence & flowers: White flowers about 5 mm across, with small, rounded, white anthers projecting beyond the corolla.
Fruit: Ovate fruit marked by a longitudinal groove, ripening blue-black.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering March–April.
Habitat & elevation: Woodland and scrub in the Mediterranean zone.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Nahr Zahrani, Ain Anoub, Beit Khachbo, Bikfaya, Antoura, Helaliye below Bhamdoun, Nahr Beirut, Araya and Kornet Chehwan.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye.
Introduced into: California, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira, Mexico Central, Oregon, Tasmania, Washington.