Bumelia reclinata (Michx.) Vent.

  • Authority

    Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bumelia reclinata (Michx.) Vent.

  • Description

    Species Description - A low decumbent or ascending armed glabrous shrub, 1-2 meters tall, the spine-like branches often leafy and producing flowers. Stem commonly zigzag or somewhat twisted; leaves numerous; blades thinnish, oblanceolate ovate, obovate or spatulate, 2-5 cm. long, rounded or retuse at the apex, deep green and shining above, paler, and dull beneath, somewhat prominently reticulate, narrowed into petioles, varying from 2 to 4 mm. in length; fascicles few-flowered; pedicels glabrous, 3-5 mm. long, enlarged upward; sepals broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, 1.8 mm. long; berries oval, 6-7 mm. long.

  • Discussion

    Georgia : Banks of the Ochlockonee River, Thomasville; Small.

    Florida : Banks of the Chipola River, Jackson Co. : Chafman.

    Louisiana: Hale.

  • Distribution

    In sandy soil, Georgia to Florida and Louisiana.

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