Terminalia nyssaefolia Britton
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Authority
Contributions from The New York Botanical Garden: Volume X 1921-1923.
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Family
Combretaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree up to 20 m. high, the slender twigs glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, obovate, 7-12 cm. long, 4-6 cm. wide, entire, abruptly short-acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, strongly reticulate-veined, glabrous and bright green above, pale green, dull and strigose-pubescent on the veins beneath, the strigose and cilia te petioles 5-1 o mm. long; fruit compressed, 2-winged, broader than long, 2-3.5 cm- broad, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, notched at the apex, at base abruptly contracted into a stalk about 2 mm. long, the thin striate wings about one half as wide as the seed-bearing part.
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Distribution
Coastal woods, Manzanilla, Trinidad (Britton 2177). In fruit (fruit fallen) March 9, 1921.
Trinidad and Tobago South America|