Sarcomphalus taylorii Britton
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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 glabrous, densely branched shrub, 2 m. high or less, or a tree up to 6 m. high, some of the branches long and prostrate, the bark gray, the twigs green, angled, unarmed, or occasionally with a spine 1-2 cm. long in the upper axils. Leaves alternate, obovate, bright green on both sides, but a little paler beneath than above, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide or less, emarginate or rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, 3-nerved just above the base, the veins elevated on the upper surface, and impressed on the lower; petioles about 2 mm. long; flowers in small clusters at the ends of the branches, green, glabrous, 3 mm. broad, on pedicels 2 mm. long; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, acute, 1 mm. long; petals clawed, hooded, about as long as the calyx-lobes and the stamens; ovary oblong, tipped with two slightly divergent styles; fruit oblong, about 8 mm. long.
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Distribution
Low rocky coppices and rocky scrub-lands, Allen's Cay, Rose Island, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Conception, Watling's, Ship Channel Cay, Cay north of Wide Opening, Great Exuma, Fortune Island, East Caicos, South Caicos, Grand Turk, Little Inagua and Inagua : Mona. Taylor's Saecomphalus.
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