Hamelia erecta Jacq.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub, or small tree up to about 4 m. high, with slender branches, the twigs, leaves and inflorescence puberulent. Leaves opposite, or verticillate in 3 's to 5 's, thin, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5-15 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, the slender petioles one-fourth to one-half as long as the blades; stipules lance-subulate, 2-3 mm. long; cymes 3-5-rayed; flowers numerous, very short-pedicelled; corolla crimson to scarlet, tubular, 12-20 mm. long, its lobes very short; berries dark red or purple, 5-6 mm. long, a little produced beyond the calyx.
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Distribution
Coppices, New Providence : Florida ; West Indies ; continental tropical America. Scarlet Hamblza.
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