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| − | '''''Myrica faya''''' ('''firetree''', '''faya''' or '''haya'''; syn. ''Morella faya'' (Ait.) Wilbur) is a species of ''[[Myrica]]'', native to [[Macaronesia]] (the [[Azores]], [[Madeira]], and the [[Canary Islands]]), and possibly also southern [[Portugal]].
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| − | [[Image:Myrica faya fruit.jpg|left|thumb|Fruit]]
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| − | It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] 3–8 m tall, rarely up to 15 m tall. The [[leaves]] are usually a dark, glossy green, 4–11 cm long and 1–3 cm broad, with an entire margin and a bluntly pointed apex. It easily grows in any type of soil.
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| − | It is [[plant sexuality|subdioecious]], with the male and female [[flower]]s produced largely on separate plants, but often with a few flowers of the other sex present (Binggeli 1997). The male flowers have four [[stamens]] and are normally produced in clumps close to the [[branch]]. The female flowers, usually occurring in similar groups grow slightly farther from the branch tips. The [[fruit]] is an edible [[drupe]] 5–6 mm diameter, it is a reddish purple ripening dark purple to black. It is used as an [[astringent]] remedy for [[catarrh]] (Pérez 1999, Rushforth 1999).
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| − | In [[Macaronesia]]n islands it occurs most abundantly at altitudes of 600–900 m. The Portuguese population may be native or [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] following early importation from Madeira or the Azores (Rushforth 1999). It is an [[invasive species]] in [[Hawaii]] (Vitousek ''et al.'' 1987), where it displaces native trees such as ''[[Metrosideros polymorpha]]'', with profound impacts on [[nitrogen cycling]] (Vitousek & Walker 1989).
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *Binggeli, P. (1997). [https://web.archive.org/web/20061207123113/http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~afs101/iwpt/web-sp12.htm ''Myrica faya'']. University of Bangor.
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| − | *Pérez, M. Á. C. (1999). ''Native Flora of the Canary Islands''. {{ISBN|978-84-241-3555-3}}.
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| − | *Rushforth, K. D. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. {{ISBN|978-0-00-220013-4}}.
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| − | |author=Vitousek, P.M., L.R. Whiteaker, D. Mueller-Dombois & P.A. Matson
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| − | |year=1987
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| − | |title=Biological invasion by ''Myrica faya'' alters ecosystem development in Hawai'i
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| − | |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]
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| − | |volume=238
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| − | |pages=802–804
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| − | |doi=10.1126/science.238.4828.802
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| − | |pmid=17814707
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| − | *{{cite journal
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| − | |author1=Vitousek, P.M. |author2=L.R. Walker Queit
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| − | |lastauthoramp=yes |year=1989
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| − | |title=Biological invasion by ''Myrica faya'': Plant demography, nitrogen fixation, ecosystem effects
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| − | |journal=Ecological Monographs
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| − | |volume=59
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| − | |pages=247–265
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| − | |doi=10.2307/1942601
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| − | |issue=3
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| − | |jstor=1942601}}
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| − | *[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Myrica+&SPECIES_XREF=faya+&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Myrica faya'']
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| − | *[http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/gardner/biocontrol/Myrica%20faya/myrica%20faya%20in%20its%20native%20habitats/myrica_faya_in_its_native_habitats.htm University of Hawaii: ''Myrica faya'' native habitats]
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| − | *[https://web.archive.org/web/19991005035247/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/gardner/biocontrol/myrica%20faya/myrica.htm University of Hawaii: ''Myrica faya'' as an invasive species in Hawaii]
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