Gyminda latifolia (Sw.) Urb.
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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 shrub, or a tree with maximum height of about 9 m., the thin bark reddish brown, the trunk seldom over 1.5 dm. in diameter, the young twigs 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-obovate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 2-6 cm. long, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the petioles very short; peduncles slender, 6-15 mm. long; petals about 2 mm. long; drupe ellipsoid, obtuse, 4-8 mm. long.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands and coppices, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Andros, Caicos, Grand Turk and Inagua : Florida ; Cuba to St. Thomas and to St. Vincent; Jamaica; Mexico. Gyminda. False Boxwood. Walla-berry.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines South America| México Mexico North America|