Authority:

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

Family:

Solanaceae

Description:

Species Description - Shrubby, more or less pubescent. Stems 1-3 m. tall, sometimes vine-like, widely branching; leaves ovate, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or acuminate, entire, abruptly narrowed or truncate at the base; petioles one half as long as the blades or shorter; pedicels narrowly clubshaped, 1-2 cm. long; calyx 2.5-3 mm. long, its lobes as long as the tube or somewhat shorter; berries globose to ellipsoid, 5-10 mm. long, red, obtuse.

Discussion:

Scrub-lands, Little Harbor Cay, New Providence and Eleuthera to Mariguana, Dellis' Cay (Caicos), Inagua and the Anguilla Isles : southern United States; West Indies ; continental tropical America ; Old World tropics. C. frutcscens of Hitchcock, from Inagua, and of Dolley, is this species. Bird Pepper.

Distribution:

New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| West Indies|