Cordia laevigata Lam.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Boraginaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - 10-15 m tall; young parts densely covered with appressed, rusty-brown hairs. Leaf blades 6-13 x 2.5-6.5 cm, elliptic, rarely oval or ovate, upper surface shiny and glabrous, lower surface with scattered hairs on veins, chartaceous to coriaceous secondary veins curved and slightly prominent on lower surface, the apex acute, obtuse or acuminate, the base acute or obtuse, the margins slightly wavy; petioles 0.5-2 cm long. Inflorescences corymbose cymes with coiled lateral branches. Calyx bell-shaped, 4-5 mm long, sparsely covered with rusty-brown hairs; corolla white, funnel-shaped, 6-7 mm long, the lobes rounded, ascending, ca. 4 mm long; anthers and style exserted beyond the tube, the filaments hairy at base; ovary conical, the style 1, with 4-8 branches. Fruit bright red, 0.8-1 cm diam., globose, fleshy, with 1 large irregular stone.
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Discussion
Common names: bastard capa, manjack, West Indian cherry, wild capa
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Distribution
Uncommon in dry to moist forests. America Hill (R1431), Bordeaux Mountain (A4261). Also on Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola; Greater Antilles and Central America.
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