Cassytha americana L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Lauraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassytha americana L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Slender, branched, often 5 m. long or more, sometimes matted, yellow or yellowish green, the stems about 2 mm. thick. Leaves mere ovate or lanceolate, acute scales 1-2 mm. long, few and distant; spikes peduncled, few-severalflowered, 1-2 cm. long; flowers white, about 2 mm. broad, the inner sepals ovate, larger than the outer; fruit globose, white, 5-7 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Coastal sand dunes and maritime rocks, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama south to Mariguana. Inagua and the Caicos and Anguilla Isles : Florida ; West Indies ; Mexico and continental tropical America. Woe-vine.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Anguilla South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|