Bontia daphnoides L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Myoporaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub or small tree, sometimes 9 m. high, nearly glabrous throughout, with terete, rather slender twigs. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, falling away from the twigs in drying, 10 cm. long or less, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the slender midvein prominent, the lateral venation obscure, the petioles 1-2 cm. long; peduncles slender, 1-3 cm. long; calyx-segments broadly ovate, subulate-tipped, about 3 mm. long, ciliolate; corolla about 2 cm. long, yellow, purple-blotched, or the lip purple within; drupe pointed, yellow, 1-1.5 cm. long.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands and palmetto-lands, Great Bahama, South Caicos, Grand Turk : Cayman Islands; Cuba to Tortola and Barbadoes ; Curacao; Aruba ; Guiana. Bontia. Erroneously called Olive.
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