Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Rhamnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 10 m., with a trunk diameter up to 5 dm., usually much smaller, often shrubby, the bark ridged, the branches spreading, the young twigs tomentulose. Leaves mostly opposite, ovate to oval, rather thin, 2-5 cm. long, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, bright green above, dull beneath, nearly glabrous when mature, the petioles 3-6 mm. long; flowers yellow-green, about 4 mm. wide, in axillary clusters much shorter than the leaves; oalyx-lobes triangular-ovate; stamens a little shorter than the calyx; drupes globose or ovoid, black, 5-8 mm. long, the stone bony.
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Distribution
Coastal scrub-lands and thickets, Lignum Vitae and Great Harbor Cays, South Cat Cay, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Watling's, Great Guana Cay, Great Exuma. Long Island, Fortune. Crooked. Acklin's and Inagua : Florida ; Cuba to Puerto Rico, Anegada and St. Vincent ; Jamaica ; Bonaire.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines South America| Jamaica South America| Bonaire South America|