Jacquinia berterii Vahl
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Theophrastaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A much-branched shrub, 1-3 m. high, or tree up to about 7 m. high, the bark whitish, the young twigs scurfy-lepidote. Leaves various in form, oblong to obovate or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 2-4 cm. long, rounded, retuse or acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, usually inconspicuously veined, the petioles 1-2 mm. long; inflorescence terminal or in the uppermost axils, 1-6-flowered, much shorter than the leaves; pedicels 5-8 mm. long, thickened upwardly in fruit; sepals nearly orbicular, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous; corolla about 3 mm. long, its lobes reflexed; staminodia much shorter than the corollalobes, somewhat longer than the stamens; fruit ovoid to subglobose, orange or yellow, 6-8 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Coppices. Cat Island. Watling's, Long Island, Acklin's and Stubb's Cay, Caicos Islands : Cuba to Anegada and Guadeloupe. Berter's Jacquinia.
Cat Island Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Guadeloupe South America|