Cordia elliptica Sw.

OCR>>>142, Tree 'under 20 ft tall with spreading crown, ocnunon in pastures and second-growth.
Leavss dark green,glabrous above but pale below. Flowers in short axillary clusters with greenishpbromn buds. Five white stamens extending above petals. Fruit orange-yellow when ripe, fleshy watery pulp with rough stony pericarp. The immtare fruit is green and hard. Native name Bois ÍLeh-leh'’ Also called Swizzle stick from the whorl-like branching of the totem.
I. M. JOHNSTON jUÇ~
ARNOLD ARBORETUM '
NEWjrORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01351261
BOTANIC
The Cooper Third Caribbean Botanical Expedition
No.
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G. Proctor Cooper III Jan. 20-March 15, 1933
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