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:
Description - A tree, with nearly smooth bark, oblong or elliptic, petioled aromatic pinnately veined leaves, and small white 4-parted flowers, borne in compound cymes in the upper axils. Calyx-tube campanulate, its lobes spreading, persistent. Petals spreading. Stamens numerous, in several series. Stigma peltate; ovary 2-celled; ovules mostly solitary in each cavity. Fruit berry-like, aromatic. Seeds few, subglobose; embryo spiral. [Greek, rich in oil.] A monotypic genus of the West Indies and Central America.
Description - A tree, with nearly smooth bark, oblong or elliptic, petioled aromatic pinnately veined leaves, and small white 4-parted flowers, borne in compound cymes in the upper axils. Calyx-tube campanulate, its lobes spreading, persistent. Petals spreading. Stamens numerous, in several series. Stigma peltate; ovary 2-celled; ovules mostly solitary in each cavity. Fruit berry-like, aromatic. Seeds few, subglobose; embryo spiral. [Greek, rich in oil.] A monotypic genus of the West Indies and Central America.