Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Clidemia erythropogon DC.

Location:

Jamaica. Saint Andrew. 4.6 mi N of junction of Mavis Bank Road on road to Newcastle; S of Irishtown. In the Blue Mountains. Alt. 650 - 683 m. (2133 - 2241 ft.)

Collector(s):

W. S. Judd 8294 with with James D. Skean Jr.; Gretchen M. Ionta; and Rebecca Cottleer, 11 Jan 2011

Description:

Common shrub to 1 m tall, with sympodial branches, the inflorescences thus pseudolateral; flowers white, fruit blue-black; leaves more or less bullate, hairs not reddish.

Habitat:

Sclerophyllous forest, disturbed.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02329960
GUID: ff4272e1-3fb4-4deb-8054-108bcb6299a9

Map:

Coordinates: (18.0465, -76.7322)

Distribution:

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