Theophrastaceae Jacquinia armillaris Jacq.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Places where this species can be found :

• Windward - GRENADA
• Levera National Park - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Treelet to 5m; branches often in whorls; leaves clustered rounded or with thick or notched tip, leathery, rolled over at margin; with fine dots on surface.

Interest
Jacquinia - honour of Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817), Austrian botanist of Dutch origin, who traveled extensively in the Caribbean as a young man and published illustrated folio volumes when a prof. At Vienna.

Specimen information

Collection Date
23/06/2001

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

Specimen Number
636

Location
At top of Levera beach.

Notes
Tree/shrub 3 m tall. LEAVES: thick, fleshy, margin recurved; US midrib flat; LS midrib only slightly prominant. FRUIT: red, mature. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =146A, below=146D)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.120000 N   Longitude: 61.360000 W   Altitude: 2