Bunchosia glandulosa (Cav.) DC.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Malpighiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bunchosia glandulosa (Cav.) DC.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A shrub, or sometimes a tree up to 8 m. high. Leaves oblong to oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, glabrous, 3-11 cm. long, obtuse or acute at the apex, narrowed or acute at the base, bright-green, somewhat paler beneath than above, the petioles 5-12 m. long; panicles often many, as long as the leaves or shorter; pedicels finely pubescent when young, becoming glabrous; sepals oblong or ovate-oblong, about 3 mm. long; petals yellow, the larger 6-7.5 mm. long, with suborbicular, erose or denticulate blades; ovary and style glabrous; drupes ovoid, red or orange, 2-lobed, 9-15 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands. Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Great Exuma, Watling's Island : Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico ; St. Thomas to Martinique ; Yucatan. Bunchosia.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Martinique South America| Yucatán Mexico North America|