Hypelate trifoliata Sw.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Sapindaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, sometimes 13 m. high with a trunk up to 5 dm. in diameter, usually smaller, sometimes shrubby, the thin gray bark smooth or nearly so. Petioles 1-5 cm. long; leaflets obovate or spatulate, firm in texture, 2-5 cm. long, entire, glabrous, shining above, rather dull beneath, finely veined, the apex obtuse, emarginate or aeutish; sepals ovate, ciliate; petals suborbieular, about 2mm. long, ciliate, about as long as the sepals; drupes ovoid, black, 5-7 mm. long.
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Distribution
Coppices and scrub-lands, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island. Watling's Island, Great Exuma. Long Island. Acklin's Island, Crooked Island, Fortune Island and Inagua : Florida: Cuba to Puerto rico ; St. Martin and Anguilla ; Jamaica. White iron wood. Ebony.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| St.Martin-St.Barthélémy South America| Anguilla South America| Jamaica South America|