Duranta repens L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Verbenaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub or small tree reaching a height of 6 m., with glabrate or finely pubescent foliage and unarmed or spiny, slender, often drooping or trailing branches. Leaves numerous, ovate-elliptic, oval or obovate, 1.5-5 cm. long, obtuse or apiculate, entire or serrate above the middle, short-petioled; racemes 5-15 cm. long, recurving; pedicels 1-5 mm. long; calyx 3-4 mm. long, angled, its lobes acute, shorter than the tube; corolla lilac, the tube surpassing the calyx, the limb 7-9 mm. broad; fruit yellow, globular, 7-11 mm. in diameter, enclosed by the accrescent yellowish calyx which is produced into a curved beak.
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Distribution
Pine-lands and scrub-lands, Abaco, Great Bahama. Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Acklin's and Mariguana : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies and Mexico to northern South America. Pigeon-berry.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|