Tournefortia

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Boraginaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Tournefortia

  • Description

    Genus Description - Vines, lianas, trees, or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers bisexual, produced on terminal, coiled, branched cymes; calyx with 5, deeply parted, awl-shaped lobes; corolla trumpet-shaped, the tube slightly swollen, the lobes reflexed or spreading; stamens inserted on tube, not exserted; ovary 2-carpellate, each carpel with 2 chambers, the style simple, 2-lobed, not exserted. Fruit fleshy, globose or 2-4-lobed, with 4 or fewer nutlets.

    Distribution and Ecology - A genus with approximately 150 species with pantropical distribution.