Copyright by: George D. Gann
cultivated plant, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Coral Gables, Florida
                                    
                                    
                                 
                                
	            
                                    Family: Euphorbiaceae
                                    
                                    
				
          
Group:  Dicot
          
            
              
					
Perennation:
					
						Perennial
					
					
					
				
					
Habit:
					
						Tree
					 
					
					
				
					
Substrate:
					
						Terrestrial
					
					
					
				
					
Native Status:
					
            			Native	
	            	
					
					
				
				
Native Range:
				Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola).
				
				
				  
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
                                    
				
				Comments:
				There is an illustration in Correll & Correll (p. 835).
For a specimen image, visit the
 New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
				
				
				
Synonyms:
				Pera bumeliaefolia [orth. var.].