Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss.

  • Description

    Species Description - A tree, sometimes 18 m. high, the young foliage velvety-tomentose. Leaves long-petioled, the blades 7-20 cm. broad, nearly orbicular, cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, shallowly dentate or subentire, the venation prominent beneath; involucre 10-cleft, about 12 mm. long; petals yellow, obovate, 5-6 cm. long; calyx about 2 cm. long; capsule ovoid, tomentose, 15-18 mm. long; seeds glabrous or minutely downy.

  • Distribution

    Coastal thickets, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Cat Island, Pine Cay (Caicos) : Bermuda ; Florida ; throughout the West Indies and tropical continental America ; Old World tropics. Mahoe. Catesby, 2 : pi. 90.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|