Chrysophyllum oliviforme L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Sapotaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, reaching a maximum height of about 10 m., with a trunk up to 3 dm. in diameter, the bark fissured, the young twigs brownish-pubescent. Leaves oblong to ovate, 3-10 cm. long, acutish or short-acuminate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, green, glabrous and shining above, densely reddish or brownish-pubescent beneath, the petioles 8-12 mm. long; fascicles fewflowered; pedicels 5-10 mm. long; sepals silky, about 1.5 mm. long; corolla white, 4-6 mm. wide; filaments very short; berry oval, 1-2 cm. long, purple, usually 1-seeded.
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Distribution
Coppices and scrub-lands, Andros, New Providence, and North Caicos : Florida ; Cuba to Puerto Rico; Jamaica. C. Cainito of Schoepf. Satin leaf. Saffron tree.
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