Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae
Description:
Description - Shrubs or trees-, with opposite, usually coriaceous, petioled or nearly sessile leaves, and yellow or white flowers in terminal panicles. Calyx 8-10-glandular, the 5 sepals persistent. Petals 5, their broad blades undulate or toothed. Stamens 10, all antheriferous; filaments partly united, glabrous; anthers short. Ovary 2-3-lobed; styles united; stigma 3-lobed or capitate. Drupe ovoid, globose or reniform. [Said to be derived from an Arabic name for coffee.] Thirty species or more, of tropical and subtropical America. Type species: Malpighia odorata Jacq.
Description - Shrubs or trees-, with opposite, usually coriaceous, petioled or nearly sessile leaves, and yellow or white flowers in terminal panicles. Calyx 8-10-glandular, the 5 sepals persistent. Petals 5, their broad blades undulate or toothed. Stamens 10, all antheriferous; filaments partly united, glabrous; anthers short. Ovary 2-3-lobed; styles united; stigma 3-lobed or capitate. Drupe ovoid, globose or reniform. [Said to be derived from an Arabic name for coffee.] Thirty species or more, of tropical and subtropical America. Type species: Malpighia odorata Jacq.