Dipholis salicifolia (L.) A.DC.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dipholis salicifolia (L.) A.DC.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A slender tree, reaching a maximum height of about 16 m., with a trunk up to 5 dm. in diameter, the bark scaly,the slender young twigs appressed pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblanceolate, slender petioled, 6-12 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, somewhat silky-pubescent when young, soon glabrous, dark green and shining above, dull green beneath; flower-clusters mostly shorter than the petioles; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; sepals silky-pubescent, 1.5 mm. long, ovate or oblong, obtuse; corolla about 4 mm. broad, its lobes oval, obtuse, about as long as the tube, the appendages about one-half as long; staminodia ovate, irregularly toothed; berry ovoid or subglobose, black, 6-8 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Coppices and scrub-lands, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Great Exuma, Eleuthera to Mariguana and Caicos Islands : Florida ; Cuba to St. Jan and Guadeloupe ; Barbadoes ; Jamaica ; Mexico. Wild Cassada. Cassada-wood.

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