Maytenus lucayana Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Celastraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A white-barked shrub, the twigs angular. Leaves orbicular-ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 1.5-2.7 cm. wide, coriaceous, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, shining above, dull beneath, bright-green, the midvein slender and impressed in both surfaces, the few lateral veins more slender and similarly impressed, the stout petiole only 1-1.5 mm. long; pedicels solitary or few together at defoliated axils, about 2 mm. long; petals not seen; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, nearly 1 mm. long; young fruit ovoid, pointed^ tipped by a style 0.5 mm. long; stigmas 2.
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Distribution
Rocky margins of ponds, Great Bahama at West End. Endemic. Bahama Maytenus.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America|