Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae
Description:
Species Description - A large tree, sometimes becoming 25 m. high, with a trunk up to 1.7 m. in diameter, the branches spreading, the Blender twigs, the leaves and inflorescence glabrous. Leaves petioled; rachis winged or wingless; leaflets 2 pairs, opposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, thin, 4-10 cm. long, mostly acute or acuminate at the apex, obliquely narrowed at the base, sessile, pinnately veined; racemes narrow, many-flowered, 6-10 cm. long, often numerous in terminal panicles; pedicels spreading, 4-6 mm. long; flowers very fragrant; calyx segments about 2 mm. long; petals obovate, obtuse, greenish white, ciliate, 3-4 mm. long; drupe green, edible, pleasantly acid, subglobose, 2-4 cm. in diameter.
Species Description - A large tree, sometimes becoming 25 m. high, with a trunk up to 1.7 m. in diameter, the branches spreading, the Blender twigs, the leaves and inflorescence glabrous. Leaves petioled; rachis winged or wingless; leaflets 2 pairs, opposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, thin, 4-10 cm. long, mostly acute or acuminate at the apex, obliquely narrowed at the base, sessile, pinnately veined; racemes narrow, many-flowered, 6-10 cm. long, often numerous in terminal panicles; pedicels spreading, 4-6 mm. long; flowers very fragrant; calyx segments about 2 mm. long; petals obovate, obtuse, greenish white, ciliate, 3-4 mm. long; drupe green, edible, pleasantly acid, subglobose, 2-4 cm. in diameter.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| West Indies| Central America| South America|
New Providence Bahamas South America| West Indies| Central America| South America|