Copyright by: George D. Gann
Cultivated plant at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 2009
Accession 64257 D, wild collected in the Bahamas
Family: Polygonaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles). Rare in eastern Cuba and critically imperiled in Puerto Rico, but common in Jamaica. Apparently absent from Hispaniola.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
Synonyms:
Coccoloba bahamensis, Coccolobis bahamensis [orth. var.].
