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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Catesbaea spinosa L.
Prickly apple, Spanish guava

Catesbaea spinosa
Copyright by: Keith Buttry, 2015

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba).

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For more information and images, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.

Other data on Catesbaea spinosa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Catesbaea spinosa has been reported for the following 3 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Disturbed Upland
Thicket

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Catesbaea spinosa
Copyright by: Keith Buttry, 2015
Catesbaea spinosa
Copyright by: Keith Buttry, 2015