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Bay Cedar
Suriana maritima
スリアナ
An evergreen shrub of tropical and subtropical coasts; in Japan, it grows on coral reef sandy ground in Okinawa and the Southwest Islands. Tolerant of strong salt wind and drought, it plays a role in stabilizing coastlines.
Identification Points
- ✓Leaves linear to spatulate, densely arranged and somewhat succulent
- ✓Yellow 5-petaled flowers
- ✓Low-growing evergreen shrub on coastal sandy ground
Habitat
Coastal sandy ground and coral reefs of Okinawa and the Southwest Islands
Season
Year-round (flowers mainly spring–summer)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Growth form
Shrub
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Leaf shape
Linear
Habitat
Coastal
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Free
Stipules
Absent
Leaf dissection
Undivided
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Ovary position
Superior
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
5
Phylogenetic Positionスリアナ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosids > Fabales > Surianaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene (approx. 50 million years ago)
Evolution Notes
Surianaceae belongs to Fabales; a representative tropical coastal plant specialized for high-salinity and arid beach environments.
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