Rajania microphylla Kunth
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Dioscoreaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Slender, glabrous, often much-branched, 1-2 m. long or longer. Leaves lanceolate to ovate in outline, 2-8 cm. long, acute or acuminate and mucronate at the apex, hastate or cordate at the base, the auricles rounded, the petiole much shorter than the blade; staminate racemes about as long as the leaves; pistillate racemes as long as the leaves or shorter; samaras oblong, obtuse, thin, shining, 8-12 mm. long.
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Distribution
Rocky plains, pine-lands and interior ridges, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Cat Island and Great Exuma : Cuba. Small Rajania. Wild Yam. Referred to R. hastata L., by Mrs. Northrop, a species now understood to be restricted to Hispaniola.
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