Petitia domingensis Jacq.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Verbenaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, up to '22 m. high, usually much smaller or sometimes a shrub, the slender twigs, the petioles and the inflorescence densely brownish-tomentulose. Leaves elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 7-15 cm. long, rather thin, acute or acuminate at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, dark green, dull and glabrous or nearly so above, rusty-tomentulose beneath, the slender petioles 7 cm. long or less; panicles many-flowered, as long as the leaves or shorter; calyx about 1.5 mm. long; corolla whitish, its tube about twice as long as the calyx, its limb 4-5 mm. broad; flowers fragrant; drupes nearly black, globose to obovoid, 4-5 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Pine-barrens, coppices and scrub-lands, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, and Cat Island: Cuba; Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico; Jamaica; Cayman Islands. Recorded from St. Croix. Petitia. Bastard Stopper.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| Jamaica South America| Cayman Islands South America|