Gouania lupuloides (L.) 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 woody vine, sometimes 7 m. long, climbing by coiled tendrils, the branches glabrous below, loosely pubescent above. Leaves ovate to elliptic, thin, 3-9 cm. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, serrate with blunt teeth, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, subcordate or rounded at the base, the veins slender, the petioles 5-15 mm. long; racemes slender, pubescent, 5-15 cm. long; pedicels clustered, pubescent, 1-3 mm. long; calyx pubescent, about 1.5 mm. long; corolla yellowish, 2-3 mm. wide, the petals ovate, acute; fruit reticulate- veined, 3-winged, 8-10 mm. broad including the wings which are broader than the body, rarely wingless.
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Distribution
Coppices, Andros, New Providence : Florida ; Cuba to Tortola and Grenada ; Jamaica ; continental tropical America. Chew-stick.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Grenada South America| Jamaica South America|