Symplocaceae Symplocos guadalupensis Krug & Urban

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Dentate
• Bark
• Flower
• Lamina leaf blade
• Serrated
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Slash
• Leaf blade margin
• Leaf parts
• Inflorescence
• Flower part
• Flower & fruit
• Woody stem
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Tree to 4m; Lvs narrowly lanceolate, 5-6cm long, <2.5 cm wide, base narrowing acutely to lf stalk, apex very gradually acuminate, serrated; drying yellow green; terminal bud glabrous; infls 6cm long, >lvs; petals rounded joined only nr base. Fruits 13-20mm long. S.G Corolla joined at base, divided to 5 petals, stamens on corolla numerous. Fruit a drupe crowned by 5 calyx lobes.

Interest
Symplocos from Greek for Intrwoven

Specimen information

Collection Date
14/06/2001

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

Specimen Number
518

Location
On rim of crater lake along path to Mount Qua Qua.

Notes
Tree 20 m tall, 35 cm dbh. BARK: smooth, grey-white. SLASH: soft, fibrous, pink, sapwood pale orange-green, smell sweet like Annonaceae. LEAVES: US glossy, midrib flat; LS secondary nerves slightly raised only at base. FLOWERS: white, visited by humming birds. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =137A, below=137C)

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