Laguncularia C.F.Gaertn.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Combretaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - A halophytic tree or shrub, with opposite entire leaves, the petioles 2-glandular, and small greenish flowers in clustered spikes. Flowers polygamous or perfect. Calyx-tube terete, 5-lobed. Petals 5, minute. Stamens 10, short, the filaments subulate, the anthers cordate. Ovary with a scalloped epigynous disk; style short, glabrous; stigma somewhat 2-lobed; ovules 2 in each cavity. Drupes coriaceous, ribbed or angled. Seed solitary, germinating within the drupe. [Latin, from the fancied resemblance of the drupe to a flask.] A monotypic genus.