Quararibea turbinata (Sw.) Poir.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Quararibea turbinata (Sw.) Poir.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Shrub or tree 10-12 m tall, with 1 main trunk and many lateral, horizontal, whorled branches at different heights; twigs brown, cylindrical, usually with numerous lenticels, the young parts sparsely covered with stellate hairs. Leaf blades 8-26 x 4.5- 12.5 cm, elliptic, oval, or obovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, with prominent vein network on lower surface, often with small depressions at secondary vein angles, the apex shortto long-acuminate, the base obtuse, rounded or cuneate, often unequal, the margins entire and slightly wavy; petioles 1-1.5 cm long; stipules awl-shaped, ca. 5 mm long. Calyx conical (cupshaped in fruits), 0.8-1.5 cm long, with stellate hairs; petals cream, 1.8-2 cm long, spatulate, densely covered with stellate hairs; staminal tube 1.3-1.5 cm long; style angular and densely stellate. Fruit globose, depressed-globose or ellipsoid, 1.5-2 cm long, apiculate at apex, green, with prominent, parallel fibers throughout its length. Seeds whitish, obtusely angular.

    Distribution and Ecology - Common as an understory shrub or small tree in moist forests. East End (A2115); Cinnamon Bay (A2091). Also on St. Croix; from Hispaniola southeast to the Lesser Antilles.

  • Discussion

    Common names: garrot, swizzle stick tree.