Schaefferia frutescens Jacq.

PLANTS OF MEXICO
Edo. Veracruz
Schaefferia frutescens Jacq.
det. M. Nee 1986
6 km. ESE of San Antonio Paso del Toro, Mun. Naolinco.
19° 34'N, 96° 47' W	alt. 650 m.
SELVA BAJA CADUCIFOLIA. Rocky old lava flow, with
pastured thorn forest with Solanum tridynamum, Nopalea
dejecta, Beaucarnia, tree Ipomoea.
Shrub 3 m. tall, the branches spreading. Fruit turning
from yellow-green to orange.
Voucher for wood specimen, MADw 42220.
Coll.: M. Nee & K. Taylor	28813	Jan. 14, 1984
Field Museum, Chicago (F); INIREB, Xalapa (XAL).
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