Reynosia northropiana Urb.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Rhamnaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Reynosia northropiana Urb.

  • Description

    Species Description - A shrub, 1-2 m. high, the slender young twigs puberulent, soon becoming glabrous. Stipules triangular, connate, lanceolate, 1-2 mm. long; leaves opposite, subcoriaceous, oblong, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, rounded or emarginate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, obsoletely crenate or entire, dark green above, pale green beneath, finely reticulate- veined on both sides, the petioles 3-7 mm. long: cymes short-peduncled; few-several-flowered; calyx about 2.5 mm. long, its 5 lobes triangular-ovate, acute; petals half-orbicular, emarginate, nearly 1 mm. long; drupe ellipsoid, obtuse, 6-8 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Thickets and coppices, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island and Great Exuma. Endemic. Bahama Reynosia.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America|