Rivina humilis L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Petiveriaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Glabrous or finely pubescent, branched, 3-8 dm. high. Leaves ovate to oblong or lanceolate, 3-12 cm. long, membranous, flaccid, undulate or entire, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or subtruncate at the base, the slender petioles 1-5 cm. long; racemes 10 em. long or less, loosely several-manyflowered; pedicels 4-6 mm. long; bracts deciduous; calyx about 6 mm. wide, the sepals oblong-cuneate, obtuse, pink or nearly white; stamens somewhat shorter than the sepals; berries subglobose, red, about 3 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Coastal, rocks and waste grounds, from Abaco throughout the archipelago to Parrot Cay (Caicos), Inagua, Anguilla Isles, and Water Cay: Florida; West Indies ; continental tropical America. Wild Tomato.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|