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Theophrastaceae Jacquinia armillaris Jacq.

| | © W.D. Hawthorne

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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

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne & S.Porle

Specimen Number
800

Location
Ridge-top thicket.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.300000 N   Longitude: 61.260000 W   Altitude: 0.0