Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae
Description:
Species Description - A stout vine, 2 m. long or longer, the twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leaves elliptic, subcoriaeeous, 5-9 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse or somewhat narrowed at the base, glabrous on both sides, the rather stout petioles 1-2 cm. long; inflorescence puberulent; cymes few-several-flowered; sepals broadly lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent, about 1.5 cm. long; corolla pink-purple without, white within, 5-6 cm. long, its lobes ovate; follicles widely divergent, glabrous, pointed, 10-12 cm. long.
Species Description - A stout vine, 2 m. long or longer, the twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leaves elliptic, subcoriaeeous, 5-9 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse or somewhat narrowed at the base, glabrous on both sides, the rather stout petioles 1-2 cm. long; inflorescence puberulent; cymes few-several-flowered; sepals broadly lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent, about 1.5 cm. long; corolla pink-purple without, white within, 5-6 cm. long, its lobes ovate; follicles widely divergent, glabrous, pointed, 10-12 cm. long.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Florida United States of America North America|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Florida United States of America North America|