Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) R.A.Howard
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Combretaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tree to 25 m tall, with spreading, nearly horizontal, sympodial branches; bark light brown and smooth, inner bark yellowish. Leaf blades 3-6 x 1.2-3.2 cm, coriaceous, obovate to spatulate, lower surface with appressed, rusty-brown hairs, especially along main vein, foveate at vein axils, the apex rounded, obtuse, or retuse, often mucronate, the base cuneate, the margins entire; petioles 0.4-1 cm long. Hypanthium densely covered with rusty-brown hairs; calyx greenish, early deciduous, ca. 2 mm long; filaments 4-5 mm long, adnate to base of calyx; nectary disk covered with rusty-brown hairs. Drupe ellipsoid to ovoid, 2-2.5 cm long, turning from green to yellowish orange.
Distribution and Ecology - Common in moist forests. Bordeaux (A4702). Also on Tortola; the West Indies and Panama to South America.
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Discussion
Bucida capitata Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 1: 50, t. 8. 1797. Buchenavia capitata (Vahl) Eichler, Flora 49: 165. 1866.