Bombacaceae Quararibea turbinata (Sw.) Poiret in Lam

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Node
• Bark
• Vegetative
• Stem
• Woody stem
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• Morne Gazo - GRENADA
• Concord Falls - GRENADA
• Perseverence (inc. dove sanctu - GRENADA

Species information

Description
10-15m tree; branches conspicuouasly whorled, forming horizontal layers of foliage; Lf stalks 5-15mm, blade 5-30cm, hairless, elliptic to ovate, pointed tip, sometimes with hairs in axils of laterals below; twigs with conspicuous ring scars. petals 12-18mm; fruits globose, c. 1.5cm long x 1.5-2.2 cm diam., 1-seeded.

Interest
Small twigs with crotch are used to produce swizzlesticks for preparing (mixing) dry milk tea and calaloo soup by house wives and chefs at Restaurants and Hotels from the leaves of Colocasia esculenta.

Specimen information

Collection Date
13/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
489

Location
Path around Grand Etang Lake.

Notes
Young tree 4m tall with whorled branches. LEAVES: US midrib and secs impressed; LS midrib and secs prominant; margin slightly recurved. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =147A, below=146A)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.420000 W   Altitude: 600