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Stigmaphyllon diversifolium

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Kunth) A. Jussieu

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Lesser Antilles
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Virgin Islands
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Dry coastal shrubland

Flowering Times

• All year (Dominica)

Fruiting Times

• Apr

Twining vine or shrub with terminal & axillary umbels or corymbs of 26mm diameter yellow flowers with sepals to 4mm long, fimbriate larger petals to 13mm, samaras 25mm x 10mm, coriaceous mucronate leaves glabrous above, puberulous or glabrous beneath, silky when young to 90mm long

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• CPC
• Botanicus
• NAF
• Smithsonian
• SAFIO