Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae
Description:
Species Description - A tree, up to about 12 m. high, glabrous throughout, the twigs terete, slender. Leaves elliptic, or elliptic-obovate, 4-7 cm. long, abruptly blunt tipped or obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, delicately veined, somewhat shining above, dull beneath, the petioles 3 mm. long or less; panicles mostly somewhat longer than the leaves; flowers several or many; pedicels 4-7 mm. long; calyx ovoid, about 4 mm. long, its lid mammillate; berries subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter.
Species Description - A tree, up to about 12 m. high, glabrous throughout, the twigs terete, slender. Leaves elliptic, or elliptic-obovate, 4-7 cm. long, abruptly blunt tipped or obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, delicately veined, somewhat shining above, dull beneath, the petioles 3 mm. long or less; panicles mostly somewhat longer than the leaves; flowers several or many; pedicels 4-7 mm. long; calyx ovoid, about 4 mm. long, its lid mammillate; berries subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America|
New Providence Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America|