Tournefortia volubilis L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Boraginaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A slender woody vine, sometimes 3.5 m. long, the branches and leaves pubescent, puberulent or glabrate. Leaves ovate to oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2-7 cm. long, thin, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the base, the slender petioles 5-15 mm. long; inflorescence slender-peduncled, of several very slender, secund spikes 2-4 cm. long; calyx about 1 mm. long, its lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute; corolla greenish- white, twice as long as the calyx, its lobes linear-subulate, shorter than the tube: anthers ovate, included; fruit depressed, 2-3 mm. broad, of 2-4 rounded nutlets.
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Distribution
Scrub-hinds and coppices, Berry Islands, Andros, New Providence and Bleu thera to Caicos, Grand Turk, Inagua, and Anguilla Isles: Florida: Texas; Cuba; St. Jan to Grenada ; Jamaica. The Bahama plant is usually less pubescent than that of Jamaica. Slender Ghkkx -leaved TOUBNBPOBTIA. SOLDIER-BUSH.
Berry Islands Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| Cuba South America| St. Jan Virgin Islands South America| Grenada South America| Jamaica South America|