Colubrina cubensis (Jacq.) Brongn.
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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 shrub or a small tree up to 5 m. high, the twigs, leaves, and inflorescence densely velvety-pubescent. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 4-10 cm. long, 1-5 cm. wide, rather thick, rounded or acute at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, strongly pinnately veined, the petioles 5-15 mm. long; flower-clusters peduncled, longer than the petioles; pedicels 4-9 mm. long; calyx densely pubescent, its lobes triangular-ovate, acute, about 2 mm. long; petals yellow, about as long as the calyx-lobes; fruit globose, about 7 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands, Andros, near Nicoll's Town : Florida ; Cuba ; Hispaniola. Cuban SNAKE-BARK.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies|