Pera bumeliaefolia Griseb.
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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 - A small tree up to 12 m. high, or shrubby, with slender branches, the petioles and involucres densely ferrugineous-lepidote. Leaves olive-green, 7-9 X 2-3 cm., elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, narrowed to the petiole, shining above, dull and sparsely lepidote-punctate beneath; petioles about 1.5 cm. long, slender; male calyx globose-ellipsoid, 4-5-lacerate-dentate (as many toothed as there are anthers); capsule oliviform, the pericarp transversely sharp-wrinkled when dry; seeds flattened-pyrdform, gaping open at the apex, black and shining, minutely shallow-punctate, 5 x 3.5 mm.
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Distribution
Coppices of Andros and New Providence: Cuba. Pera. Black Ebony.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America|