Forestiera segregata (Jacq.) Krug & Urb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Oleaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub, or a small tree up to 7 m. high and a trunk diameter of 1.5 dm., the branches slender. Leaves rather firm in texture, oblong to lanceolate or obovate, 1.5-6 em. long, obtuse or aeutish at the apex, narrowed at the base, shining above, pale and reticulate-veined beneath, punctate when dry, shortpetioled; flowers very small, yellowish green; drupes oblong to oval, 6-10 mm. long, short-pedicelled, purplish, the stone longitudinally ribbed.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands, throughout the islands from Abaco and Great Bahama to Mariguana and Grand Turk : .Bermuda ; Florida ; Cuba to St. Croix ; Tortola ; Jamaica. Florida Private. Ink-bush.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Jamaica South America|