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Oplonia spinosa

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

(Jacquin) Rafinesque

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Lesser Antilles
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal thickets
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jul (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Jul (Puerto Rico)

Clambering twining shrub with puberulous stems becoming glabrate to 4m, recurved spines to 12mm long. Glabrous mucronulate leaves to 10mm x 8mm. Solitary flowers or racemes with bracts, calyx 4mm long, red, violet, lilac or lavender corolla to 15mm x 1.5mm, tube 9mm x 1.5mm. Glabrous capsule 20mm x 4mm

Further References

• VOPR
• SAFIO
• The Plant List 2