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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Malpighia polytricha A. Juss. subsp. vivaldiana
F.K. Mey.
Bahama Malpighia, Touch-me-not, Wild-cherry

Family: Malpighiaceae

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 a specimen image, visit Harvard University's Caribbean Plants & Insects Database.

Synonyms: Malpighia polytricha subsp. confusa Vivaldi ex Correll & H.B. Correll.

Other data on Malpighia polytricha subsp. vivaldiana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Malpighia polytricha subsp. vivaldiana has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice