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Tournefortia scabra

Botanic Family

Boraginaceae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• HIspaniola
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest
• coastal shrubland
• forest margins
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb Nov-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Jul
• Sep
• Dec Nov-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Erect, procumbent or scandent twining shrubt 3m with white fruit 6mm diameter, terminal cymes of white or yellowish flowers to 2.5mm long, striated downy branches, scabrous leaves

Further References

• Mobot
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• SAFIO