Forestiera
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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
Oleaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Dioecious or polygamodioecious shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, simple, short-petiolate, with entire or serrate margins. Flowers apetalous, evanescent, in short, bracteate, axillary racemes or fascicle-like clusters; calyx cup-shaped and parted into 4-8 (often irregular) lobes; corolla wanting; stamens 2 or 4, the anthers shorter than the filaments; abortive stamens 0-4; nectary disk absent; ovary with a short style and a 2-lobed or simple stigma. Fruit a small drupe.
Distribution and Ecology - A genus of 15 species ranging from the southern United States through Central America and the West Indies to (reportedly) South America.