Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa
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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 7 m. high, with a trunk up to 2 dm. in diameter, usually smaller, often a shrub, the stout twigs scurfy when young. Leaves firm in texture, slightly fleshy, ovate-orbicular, 5-12 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, cordate at the base, undulate-margined; petioles nearly as long as the blades; peduncles shorter than the petioles; calyx subhemispheric, nearly truncate; petals 4-7 cm. long, yellow with a purple base, changing to purple; fruit depressed-globose, leathery, 3-4.5 cm. in diameter, 1.5-2 cm. high; seeds pubescent.
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Distribution
Borders of marshes, and in sandy scrub-lands, New Providence and Grand Turk : Florida : the West Indies and tropical continental America ; Old World tropics. Sea-side Mahoe. Cork-tree. Spanish Cork.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|