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Citharexylum caudatum

Botanic Family

Verbenaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• E. & S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• forests
• swamp
• coastal
• mangrove thickets
• coastal thickets

Flowering Times

• All year (Jamaica) May (Bahamas)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Aug (Jamaica)
• May (Bahamas)

Vinelike shrub, tree or treelet to 20m. Tetragonal striate glabrous branches. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 190mm x 77mm. Axillary or terminal many-flowered racemes to 330mm x 15mm, usually 120 flowers. Fragrant flowers with glabrous bracts to 25mm x 10mm, 5-toothed calyx 4.5mm long, white, pale pink or cream corolla to 8mm long with 5 lobes to 5mm wide. Fruiting calyx to 3mm x 4mm, glabrous yellow to red to black drupe to 12mm x 10mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SAFIO
• Standley
• Kew