Moluchia tomentosa (L.) Britton

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Moluchia tomentosa (L.) Britton

  • Description

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    Species Description - A branched shrub, 2 m. high or less, rarely a small tree up to 4 m. high, the slender twigs, the leaves, inflorescence, calyx and capsule densely stellate pubescent or tomentose. Leaves chartaceous, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 1-6 cm. long, obtuse or acute at the apex, rounded, truncate or cordate at the base, crenate or serrate, the petioles shorter than the blades; peduncles at the axils of upper leaves or terminal, few-several-flowered; calyx-lobes lanceolate; petals blue, violet or purple, obovate, 10-12 mm. long; capsule-body 6-8 mm. long, subulate-beaked, its angles rounded, knobbed.

  • Discussion

    Distribution and ecology: White-lands, scrub-lands and coppices, Abaco, Andros, Mangrove Cay, New Providence, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Watling's, Atwood Cay, Rum Cay, Great Guana Cay, Long Island, Great Ragged Island, Acklin's, East Caicos, Grand Turk, Ambergris Cay, and Inagua: Texas ; West Indies ; North Mexico to continental tropical America. The species is represented by many races leaf-forms and Ci CTi of various sizes, finding their smallest development in the plants of Grand Turk. Ambergris Cay and Inagua; these are the subject of Grisebach's Melochia crena/ta, not M. crenata Vahl. Velvety Moluciiia.

  • Distribution

    Abaco, Andros, Mangrove Cay, New Providence, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Watling's, Atwood Cay, Rum Cay, Great Guana Cay, Long Island, Great Ragged Island, Acklin's, East Caicos, Grand Turk, Ambergris Cay, and Inagua: Texas ; West Indies ; North Mexico to continental tropical America.

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