Prunus pleuradenia Griseb.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Rosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Prunus pleuradenia Griseb.

  • Description

    Species Description - Tree to 15 m tall, glabrous; bark reddish brown, rough; twigs angular when young, turning cylindrical and lenticellate. Leaf blades 5-9 x 2.5 -4.7 cm, elliptic-ovate, coriaceous, glabrous, V-shaped or folded, the apex shortly acuminate, the base obtuse, the margins entire, revolute; petioles 0.5 -1 cm long, glabrous; stipules early deciduous. Inflorescence axillary, buds with overlapping scales.

  • Distribution

    Known only from a single, sterile collection (A4703) from Bordeaux Mountain, in humid remnant forest. The vegetative characters of this specimen agree with those of Purnus pleuradenia. See Howard (1988) for a discussion of the correct name of this species, which he considered as endemic to the Lesser Anitlles.

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