Polyscias guilfoylei (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey

The Flora and Ethnobotany of Cat Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Species
Family
Common Name
Description
Location/Habitat
Latitude
Uses/Comments
Collector(s)
Collection No
Polyscias guilfoylei
Araliaceae
Croton
Au: (Cogn. & Marchai) L.H. Bailey
Sterile shrub. Have never seen this plant fertile in the 5 years I
have been working in the Bahamas. Commonly an ornamental.
Leaves are odd pinnately compound with 5-9 leaflets. The leaflets
are green with white variegation along the edges and veins.
Bennett's Harbour in the yard of the Primary School. Cultivated yard.
24°33’ 73” N	Longitude 75°38’ 19” W
Several take the boiled decoction of the limbs for cold, cough, fever, flu,
high blood pressure, and pain. Some reported using the decocotion for
washing the hair to strenghen it. Not previously listed as occurring on Cat
Island (Correll & Correll, 1982)
Laurel R. Richey
00-900 Duplicates 5 Date July 26,2000
Plants Dried Using a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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