Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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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.
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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|