Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Bignoniaceae
Description:
Species Description - A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 10 m., the trunk up to 2 dm. in diameter, with long spreading branches. Leaves spatulate to oblance olate, fascicled, 5-15 cm. long, obtuse, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, narrowed to the nearly sessile base; flowers stout-peduncled; calyx 2-2.5 cm. long, its lobes broad, rounded or obtuse; corolla yellowish-purple, 5-6 cm. long, its lobes lacerate, much shorter than the tube; fruit subglobose to oval, 1.5-3 dm. in diameter, its rind hard.
Species Description - A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 10 m., the trunk up to 2 dm. in diameter, with long spreading branches. Leaves spatulate to oblance olate, fascicled, 5-15 cm. long, obtuse, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, narrowed to the nearly sessile base; flowers stout-peduncled; calyx 2-2.5 cm. long, its lobes broad, rounded or obtuse; corolla yellowish-purple, 5-6 cm. long, its lobes lacerate, much shorter than the tube; fruit subglobose to oval, 1.5-3 dm. in diameter, its rind hard.
Distribution:
Acklins Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|
Acklins Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|