Rubiaceae Rondeletia parviflora Poir.

Rubiaceae Rondeletia parviflora

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Places where this species can be found :

Grand Etang - GRENADA
Mount Qua Qua - GRENADA
Mt. St. Catherine - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Treelet or shrub to 7m; stipules 4-8mm; lvs obocate to elliptic, 12-22cm long, apex rounded or slightly pointed; corolla yellowish white, tube 3-6mm, 5-lobed; capsule globose, 6mm diam with winged seeds.

Interest
Rondoletia - honour of Guillaume Rondolet (1507-1566), Chancellor of the University of Montpellier, and an influential professor of natural history and medicine.

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules, S.Filbert, I. Mawuto

Specimen Number
1356

Location
Forest in Mt. Hope region, in foothills and ridges leading to Mt. St. Catherines. (Altitude given is max. for mt.)

Notes
4m tree, 4cm DBH, bark smooth with fibrous pale brown slash darkening slowly.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.080000 N Longitude: 0.0 E Altitude: 840