Monographs Details:
Authority:
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Bignoniaceae
Description:
Species Description - Tree 3-15 m tall. Leaves digitate-compound with 1-5 leaflets; leaflets 3.5-9 X 1.2-3.5 cm, elliptic or oblanceolate, coriaceous, densely covered with dotlike scales on both surfaces, the apex shortly acuminate, obtuse or rounded, the base cuneate, obtuse or nearly rounded, the margins wavy; petioles and petiolules furrowed along upper surface, densely covered with dotlike scales, the petiolules 0.2-2 cm long, not swollen, the petioles 1.5-5 cm long, swollen at base. Flowers in terminal short racemes. Calyx bell-shaped, 0.8-1 cm long, with 5 obtuse lobes at apex; corolla pink or nearly white, funnel-shaped, 3.5-5 cm long, the tube paler than the lobes; stamens included; ovary oblong, slightly flattened, densely covered with scales, the style longer than the ovary. Capsules semiwoody, 6-11 x 0.6-1 cm long, brown, covered with scales, nearly cylindrical, with tapering apex, and persistent calyx. Seeds thin, flattened, oblong-elliptic, 7-9 x 4-5 mm wide, the wings 6-7 mm long, white and hyaline.
Distribution and Ecology - Common throughout the island, from coastal scrub to moist forests. East End (GTP29320), Lameshur (B638). Also on Anegada, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda; Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles, naturalized in Florida and the Bahamas
Species Description - Tree 3-15 m tall. Leaves digitate-compound with 1-5 leaflets; leaflets 3.5-9 X 1.2-3.5 cm, elliptic or oblanceolate, coriaceous, densely covered with dotlike scales on both surfaces, the apex shortly acuminate, obtuse or rounded, the base cuneate, obtuse or nearly rounded, the margins wavy; petioles and petiolules furrowed along upper surface, densely covered with dotlike scales, the petiolules 0.2-2 cm long, not swollen, the petioles 1.5-5 cm long, swollen at base. Flowers in terminal short racemes. Calyx bell-shaped, 0.8-1 cm long, with 5 obtuse lobes at apex; corolla pink or nearly white, funnel-shaped, 3.5-5 cm long, the tube paler than the lobes; stamens included; ovary oblong, slightly flattened, densely covered with scales, the style longer than the ovary. Capsules semiwoody, 6-11 x 0.6-1 cm long, brown, covered with scales, nearly cylindrical, with tapering apex, and persistent calyx. Seeds thin, flattened, oblong-elliptic, 7-9 x 4-5 mm wide, the wings 6-7 mm long, white and hyaline.
Distribution and Ecology - Common throughout the island, from coastal scrub to moist forests. East End (GTP29320), Lameshur (B638). Also on Anegada, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda; Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles, naturalized in Florida and the Bahamas
Discussion:
Common names: black cedar, pink cedar, pink manjack tooshee, white cedar. Note: This is the official tree of the British Virgin Islands