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 - Small tree to 10 m tall, with hanging branches; lateral branches short, verrucose. Leaves fascicled on lateral branches, simple; blades 4-20 x 2.5-7.5 cm, oblanceolate or obovate, chartaceous, glabrous except for a few hairs along midvein on lower surface, both surfaces with many dotlike scales, tertiary venation coarsely reticulate, the apex obtuse, acute, or shortly acuminate, the base tapering into a more or less elongate petiole, the margins entire or slightly wavy and revolute; petioles swollen at base. Flowers solitary or paired at end of the lateral branches. Calyx green, 2.5-3 cm long, glabrous, tubular, thick, deeply parted into 2 obovate, concave lobes; corolla yellowish to greenish, reddish-tinged along nerves, 4-7.5 cm long, bell-shaped with a transverse folding near the base, the lobes shortly deltoid, with caudate apex; stamens nearly exserted; ovary conical, 5-7 mm long, with an annular disk at base. Fruit globose, depressed-globose or ellipsoid, 10-20 cm long (often much larger elsewhere), turning from green to brown, usually hanging from trunks or branches. Seeds ca. 1 cm long, whitish.
Species Description - Small tree to 10 m tall, with hanging branches; lateral branches short, verrucose. Leaves fascicled on lateral branches, simple; blades 4-20 x 2.5-7.5 cm, oblanceolate or obovate, chartaceous, glabrous except for a few hairs along midvein on lower surface, both surfaces with many dotlike scales, tertiary venation coarsely reticulate, the apex obtuse, acute, or shortly acuminate, the base tapering into a more or less elongate petiole, the margins entire or slightly wavy and revolute; petioles swollen at base. Flowers solitary or paired at end of the lateral branches. Calyx green, 2.5-3 cm long, glabrous, tubular, thick, deeply parted into 2 obovate, concave lobes; corolla yellowish to greenish, reddish-tinged along nerves, 4-7.5 cm long, bell-shaped with a transverse folding near the base, the lobes shortly deltoid, with caudate apex; stamens nearly exserted; ovary conical, 5-7 mm long, with an annular disk at base. Fruit globose, depressed-globose or ellipsoid, 10-20 cm long (often much larger elsewhere), turning from green to brown, usually hanging from trunks or branches. Seeds ca. 1 cm long, whitish.
Distribution:
Belize Central America| Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|
Belize Central America| Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|