Calyptranthes pallens (Poir.) Griseb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Myrtaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 10 m., with a trunk sometimes 1.5 dm. in diameter, usually smaller and sometimes shrubby, the bark thin and light gray, the young twigs pubescent, soon becoming glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 3-8 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, shining above, the petioles 5-12 mm. long.; panicles as long as the leaves or longer, pubescent, many-flowered, the flowers sessile or nearly so, about 3 mm. broad; fruit subglobose or oval, 5-7 mm. in diameter.
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Discussion
Coppices and scrub-lands, Andros, Great Exuma. Eleuthera, Cat Island, Watling" s, Acklin's, Crooked Island and Mariguana : Florida ; Cuba to St. Croix and Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Cayman Islands. Spice-WOOD. White Stopper.
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Distribution
Andros, Great Exuma. Eleuthera, Cat Island, Watling" s, Acklin's, Crooked Island and Mariguana : Florida ; Cuba to St. Croix and Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Cayman Islands.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Guadeloupe South America| Jamaica South America| Cayman Islands South America|