Crossopetalum

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Celastraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Crossopetalum

  • Description

    Genus Description - Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or whorled, chartaceous, crenulate to serrate; stipules minute. Flowers bisexual, produced on axillary cymes; calyx of 4 connate sepals; corolla of 4 distinct, greenish, reflexed petals; stamens 4, shorter than the petals; nectary disk cup-shaped, 4-lobed; ovary of 2-5 locules, the stigma 4-lobed. Fruit a fleshy drupe, with exarillate seeds.

  • Distribution

    A genus of 15 species from the American tropics.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|