Rubiaceae Palicourea crocea (Sw.) Roemer & Schultes

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Inflorescence
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Vendome Estate - GRENADA
• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• Morne Gazo - GRENADA

Species information

Description
6m shrubs or treelets; stipule collar <1mm long, with 2.5mm pointed lobes; leaf blade up to 15cm, pointed at both ends with 1cm tip. Infls axes reddish; corolla tube 9mm, lobes 2mm, yellow to poink; fruit c 5mm, globose, with 2 ridged stones.

Specimen information

Collection Date
12/11/1999

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, C. Hughes & A Clarke

Specimen Number
4

Location
10km E of St. Georges rd to Grenville, 500m W of Gran Etang Forest Reserve Boundary, just E of the Vendome Estate.

Notes
Small understorey or forest edge, branchy spreading treelet to 3m ht. Leaves w recurved margin when fresh, venation visible, but not prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence stalks bright scarlet, corolla yellow. Common (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =139A, below=146A)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.050000 N   Longitude: 61.420000 W   Altitude: 300