Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae
Description:
Species Description - A climbing woody vine sometimes 10 m. long, armed with hooked opposite prickles. Leaves ovate to elliptic, rather thin, 2.5-10 cm. long, glabrous, acute, obtuse or short-acuminate at the apex, cuneate or narrowed at the base, the petioles 1-4 cm. long; cymes many-flowered, pubescent; fruit clavate, slender-pedicelled, 8-10 mm. long, 10-ridged, with 5 rows of glands from base to apex.
Species Description - A climbing woody vine sometimes 10 m. long, armed with hooked opposite prickles. Leaves ovate to elliptic, rather thin, 2.5-10 cm. long, glabrous, acute, obtuse or short-acuminate at the apex, cuneate or narrowed at the base, the petioles 1-4 cm. long; cymes many-flowered, pubescent; fruit clavate, slender-pedicelled, 8-10 mm. long, 10-ridged, with 5 rows of glands from base to apex.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|