Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

Family:

Chrysobalanaceae

Description:

Species Description - An evergreen tree or shrub, attaining a maximum height of about 10 m., with a trunk sometimes 3 dm. in diameter, the thin bark brownish, the twiga glabrous or nearly so, reddish brown. Leaves elliptic to obovate or nearly orbicular, 4-8 cm. long, glabrous, rounded, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed at the base, dark green and shining above, dull beneath, the petioles short, stout; cymes peduncled, several-many-flowered, shorter than the leaves; calyx pubescent, its lobes triangular-ovate, acute, about 2.5 mm. long; petals white, cuneate-spatulate, twice as long as the calyx-lobes; drupes various, globose or oval, pink, white or purple, '2-4 cm. long.

Distribution:

Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|