Authority:

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

Family:

Clusiaceae

Description:

Species Description - A tree attaining a maximum height of about 16 m., the stout twigs glabrous. Leaves obovate, glabrous, thick, coriaceous, rigid, 10-15 cm. long, 7-12 cm. wide above the middle, closely pinnately many-veined, rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, the stout petioles about 1 cm. long; flowers solitary or sometimes 2 together, short-peduncled; sepals 6, rounded, 1-1.5 cm. broad; petals white or rose, broadly obovate or nearly orbicular, 3-4 cm. long, broadly cuneate at the base; stigmas 7-9; fruit glcbose, nearly white, 5-8 cm. in diameter, fleshy.

Distribution:

Andros Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America|