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Rubiaceae Randia aculeata L.

Rubiaceae Randia aculeata
| | © W.D. Hawthorne

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Species information

Description
4m shrub with paired 1-2cm spines; lvs 1-6cm, apex rounded or notched; flowers clustered at end of on short shoots; corolla white, tube 5-8mm, 5 loibes hairy in throat. Fruits c 1cm, globose, white.

Interest
Randia - Isaac Rand (d. 1743), London apothecary and Director of the Chelsea Physic Garden

Specimen information

Collection Date
15/06/2001

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

Specimen Number
524

Location
Along road to mangroves about 1 km from park entrance.

Notes
Shrub 2.5 m tall. FLOWERS: white.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.120000 N   Longitude: 61.360000 W   Altitude: 5