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Filed as: Myrtus acuta Mill.
Current name: Myrtus communis subsp. communis
Collection number: 5319
Collection date: 18th September 1950
Filing region: Cultivated
Country/Territory: Not recorded
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Filed as: Myrtus baetica (L.) Mill.
Current name: Myrtus communis subsp. communis
Collection number: 5322
Collection date: 18th September 1950
Filing region: Cultivated
Country/Territory: Not recorded
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Myrtus communis L.
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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23. Myrtus communis L.
An evergreen, aromatic, much branched shrub up to 1 - 3 m tall, occasionally even up to 5 m. In very
favourable conditions it has been known to attain even 8 m and individual stems have had a diameter of
11 - 17 cm. This is a very variable species, both in terms of growth form and in the size and shape of leaves
or colour and shape of fruits which has led to the discrimination within it of several forms, varieties and even
subspecies.
The circum-Mediterranean range of M. communis is difficult to identify, because the shrub has been in
cultivation since ancient times, and in many places it has probably gone wild and became naturalized. In the
eastern Mediterranean region it is widely distributed and common along the seashores of Albania, Greece,
western and southern Anatolia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Cyrenaica. Besides it grows on Crete, on some
islands of the Aegean and on Cyprus. Beyond the Mediterranean region it occurs also in northern Anatolia,
along the Black Sea as far as Trabzon in the east. Several stands, clearly isolated from the Mediterranean
ones are to be found further inland in Iraq and in Iran, particularly in the southwestern part of the country.
M. communis has been also reported from eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. These latter stands are
not included in the map, since there is much in favour of the opinion that they are not natural stands. In the
westerly direction the furthest stands of myrtle occur on the Azores and on Madeira.
Throughout the range myrtle occurs in similar conditions, primarily in various communities of maquis
and in the understorey of sparse pinewoods (Pinus brutia Ten.) or oak forests (in Iraq and Iran), and also on
seashore rocks and even dunes where it behaves as a semi-halophyte. Within maquis it usually occupies more
mesophytic locations, thus it is more common along streams or rivers. It sustains shade well and is also adop-
ted to full insolation. It belongs to the few shrubs in the Mediterranean region which flower at the peak of the
summer, during the warmest time. It grows either as single individuals or in small clumps, sometimes even
in large numbers, as for example in the vicinity of Mersin in southern Anatolia or on the banks of river Jor-
dan. M. communis is characterized by considerable ecological plasticity and shows a wide range of tolerance
to the vicissitudes of physiographic, edaphic, climatic and biotic factors. Shrubs of myrtle are not browsed
by game nor are they attacked by insects of fungi (at least not to any significant degree).
In this vertical distribution myrtle has a considerable variation. Majority of its stands are located at lower
elevations, primarily between 0 and 300 m, rarely up to 500 m. In southern Syria, on the Golan Heights,
myrtle has been reported from 200 - 450 m and in Lebanon up to 700 - 800 m. The most elevated stands are
known from the Amanus Mts. up to 1000 m, from Mt. Cassius near the border with Syria up to 1300 m and
from Cyprus up to 1700 m. In Iraq it is distributed between 600 and 1300 m and in Iran between 500 and
2000 m., most elevated stands being in Iranian Baluchistan on the Kuh-e-Taftan Mts.
M. communis is very valuable ornamental shrub, for ages now planted in parks and gardens and even
cultivated in flower pots indoors (dwarf forms). It sustains prunning well thus it can be used for various forms
of hedges. It played an important role in folk customs, in religious cults of various people in ancient times,
particularly Greeks and Romans. These customs have persisted in some European countries till this day,
where a myrtle shoot is used for wedding bouquets and wreaths. Fruits of M. communis are edible and are
consumed by poor local people both fresh and dried, as well as in the form of spices for various dishes. Myrtle
| oil (Oleum Myrti) found in the leaves has been used in perfume industry and in medicine.
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Wagenitz, G. & Beug, H.J.
Collection number: 202
Collection date: 23rd September 1957
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Davis, P.H.
Collection number: 54444
Collection date: 10th July 1972
Filing region: Europe excl. Britain and Ireland
Country/Territory: Greece
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Davis, P.H., Coode, M.J.E. & Yaltirik, F.
Collection number: D37588
Collection date: 16th July 1962
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Khan, Salar; Prance, Ghillean T.; Ratcliffe, Dennis,
Collection number: 202
Collection date: 26th July 1960
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Findlay, G.W.D.
Collection number: 283
Collection date: 10th September 1965
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Coode, M.J.E. & Jones, B.M.G.
Collection number: 349
Collection date: 2nd May 1965
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collection date: November 1855
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Davis, P.H. & Hedge, I.C.
Collection number: D26211
Collection date: 24th March 1957
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Tobey, C.
Collection number: 1064
Collection date: 10th June 1965
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Notes: Small, shiny lanceolate leaves. Low
bush. Ht. 1-3 ft. When crushed, leaves
pleasantly fragrant of bay.
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Davis, P.H. & Polunin, O.V.
Collection number: 24989
Collection date: 6th September 1954
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Fleischer, F.v.
Collection date: June 1827
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Niyazi, T.
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Kayacik, H. & Yaltirik, F.
Collection number: 3424
Collection date: 8th May 1965
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Khan, Salar; Prance, Ghillean T.; Ratcliffe, Dennis,
Collection number: 47
Collection date: 14th July 1960
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Khan, Salar; Prance, Ghillean T.; Ratcliffe, Dennis,
Collection number: 13
Collection date: 10th July 1960
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Turkey. Prov. Mugla: distr. Marmaris,
Ordugah. Rocky knollynear sea shore.
Shrub, Flowers white.
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Dudley, T.R.
Collection number: D35419
Collection date: 6th June 1962
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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eiitfx Poterhum-Quercus macchies
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Murray, E.
Collection number: 1021
Collection date: 17th October 1965
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Myrtus communis L.
Shrub 1m. Fruit blue-purple,
Located 1 km northeast of Marmaris
near Liquidambar orientalis.
Edward Murray, 1021, 17 Oct 1965
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Khan, Salar; Prance, Ghillean T.; Ratcliffe, Dennis,
Collection number: 95
Collection date: 18th July 1960
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Turkey
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Datga — Knidas. Alt. 150m.
Screes. Shrub 1m. tall. Perennial.
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Murray, E.
Collection number: 996
Collection date: 9th October 1965
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Lebanon
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Flowers white. Shrublm. Elev.: 800 m.
1 km east of Brummana, 10--15 km east of
Beirut. In pine woods.
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Ball, J.
Collection number: 1911
Collection date: 1877
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Lebanon
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Myrtus communis L.
Collection date: 1871
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Lebanon
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Collection date: July 1871
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Evans, W.E.
Collection number: 311
Collection date: 3rd June 1918
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Iraq
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Haines, R.W.
Collection date: 23rd May 1955
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Iraq
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Haines, R.W.
Collection date: 21st November 1961
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Iraq
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Post, G.E.
Collection date: December 1863
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
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Myrtus communis L.
Collector/Expedition: Barkoudah, Y.I.
Collection number: 692
Collection date: 5th November 1963
Filing region: West Asia and Egypt
Country/Territory: Syria
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