Amyris elemifera L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Rutaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub or tree, sometimes 17 m. high, glabrous or the young twigs and inflorescence hispidulous. Leaves opposite, or mostly so; leaflets 3 or 5, coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate or rhombic-ovate, 2-7 cm. long, acute, acuminate or rounded at the apex, cuneate, rounded or subtruncate at the base, crenulate or entire, short-stalked; panicles several-many-flowered; calyx-lobes ovate; petals obovate or oval, 2-3.5 mm. long; ovary glabrous; stigma sessile; drupe globose to ellipsoid, black, 5-8 mm. long, glaucous.
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Distribution
Coastal thickets and scrub-lands, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Caicos and Inagua: Florida: West Indies and Central America. Referred by Dolley to Amyris sylvatica Jacq. Torch wood. White Torch. Catesby
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| Central America|