Drypetes diversifolia Krug & Urb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Euphorbiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tree up to 6 m. high; branches terete, grayish, secreting drops of resin in the axils. Leaves of two forms: the lower long-petioled, margin spinosedentate and spinous-acuminate, base rounded; the upper longer-petioled, margin entire, obtuse or subacuminate, the base rounded or obtuse and slightly protracted down the petiole; all ovate, 7-9 cm. long, 3.2-3.8 cm. broad. Inflorescence few-flowered, the pistillate flowers sometimes solitary; calyx yellowish; sepals oblong or oval, sometimes slightly rhomboid, obtuse, pubescent without; stamens 8; stigmas slightly oblique; drupe broadly oblong or ovoid, 1.9-2.5 cm. long, tomentulose.
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Distribution
Coppices, Great Bahama, through the larger Berry Islands to Andros and Cay Sal Bank : New Providence ; Little San Salvador to Watling's Island ; Great Exuma through the Crooked Island Group to Inagua : Florida Keys. Whitewood.
Berry Islands Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America|