Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for coastal thickets and shrublands on New Providence, at Delaport. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1138-1139, with illustrations) for rather dense coppices in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 10, 8).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
Synonyms:
Rauvolfia tetraphylla of Britton & Millspaugh 1920, not L.
