Colubrina elliptica
Trop. Woods 109: 95. 1958.
Common names: Soldierwood
Basionym: Rhamnus elliptica Swartz Prodr., 50. 1788
Synonyms: Colubrina reclinata (L'Héritier) Brongniart
Shrubs or trees, erect, 2–6 m. Stems straight, strigose, glabrescent. Leaves deciduous; petiole 5–20 mm; blade broadly elliptic to elliptic-ovate or ovatelanceolate, 4–9 cm, herbaceous, base cuneate to rounded, 2 prominent glands at petiole/blade junction, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely strigose, glabrescent, adaxial surface glabrous; pinnately veined, secondary-veins 5–8 pairs, arcuate. Inflorescences: thyrses, 8–20-flowered; peduncles 1–7 mm; fruiting pedicels 8–15 mm. Capsules 6–7 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Sep–Feb, possibly year-round.
Habitat: Rockland hammocks, hammock margins, thickets, rocky strands.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Venezuela)
Discussion
Colubrina elliptica is known in the flora area only from Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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glabrous +
dehiscing +
not gland-dotted +
herbaceous +
broadly elliptic;elliptic-ovate or ovatelanceolate +
absent +
Soldierwood +
bisexual +
dehiscent +
prominent +
hemispheric +
2mm;3mm +
8-20-flowered +
fascicles +
axillary +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
deciduous +
adnate +
intrastaminal +
absent +
fleshy +
3(-4)-locular +
basal +
inferior +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
hooded +
opposite +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
Trop. Woods +
1958 +
arcuate +
valvate +
distinct +
spreading +
keeled;ovate-triangular;triangular +
longitudinal +
straight +
1;4 +
absent +
connate +
Colubrina elliptica +
Colubrina +
species +
fascicles +
unarmed +
woody +