Gymnanthes lucida Sw.
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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 - An evergreen shrub or tree often 10 m. high. Leaves petioled, glabrous, coriaceous, oblong or laneeolate-spatulate, 5-11 cm. long, narrowed at the base, shining above, the margin undulate and generally obscurely toothed near the apex; racemes shorter than the leaves, continuous; bracts reniform; stamens 2 or 3, subtended by bractlets; female flowers solitary on curved peduncles somewhat shorter than the racemes; ovary stipitate; capsule depressed, about 1 cm. broad; carpels rounded; seeds ovoid, 5X 4 mm gray striped longitudinally with fine golden-brown lines of irregular width and form.
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Distribution
Coppices, from Allen's Cay throughout the archipelago to Inagua and Atwood Cay : Florida and the West Indies. Crab-wood.
Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|