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Erythroxylaceae Erythroxylum oxycarpum O. Schulz

Erythroxylaceae Erythroxylum oxycarpum
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Species information

Description
Leaves drying tawny coloured below. Twigs without short shoots. Flowers 3-10 in axils of this season's leaves, not on old twigs. Pedicels 3-6mm. Fruits 8-10mm long, stone smooth.

Interest
The type specimen was collected first by Broadway on Grenada; found subsequently on the coasts from Venezuela to Panama.

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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