Rubiaceae Faramea occidentalis (L.) A. Richard

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Node
• Stipule
• Fruit
• Lamina leaf blade
• Twig
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Stem
• Inflorescence
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Morne Gazo - GRENADA

Species information

Description
10m treelet/tree. Leaves 7-20cm long, hairless; base flat-ended or rounded, apex long 1.5cm tip; glabrous dark green, elliptic , with distinctive drip tips, prominent yellow venation. Young branches Y-branched. Stipules 2-4mm with 3-5mm thread-like tips; flowers each on 5-20mm stalks; corolla tube c 1cm with linear lobes of same length. Ftuis 1cm diam., black, 1 seeded, fleshy.

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
737

Location
Mt. Gazo forest reserve.

Notes
Terminal open panicles; fruits black, purple inside; 1 hard stone within; stipules soon falling.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.020000 N   Longitude: 61.430000 W   Altitude: 0.0