Comprehensive Description
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Elaphrium jamaicense Rose
Bursera simplicifolia DC. Prodr. 2 : 78. 1825. Not E. simplicifolium Schlecht. Terebinlhus simplicifolia Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 35 : 342. 1908.
A tree, 12-14 meters high ; branches slender, short, bearing a cluster of leaves near their tips; leaves 1-foliolate ; leaflets 4.5-6 cm. long, oblong to obovate, obtuse, entire, somewhat coriaceous ; inflorescence an interrupted raceme nearly as long as the leaves ; flowers greenish-yellow, sweet-scented ; drupes 6-7 mm. long.
Type locality : Jamaica.
Distribution : Southern Jamaica, near the coast.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Bursera lunanii: Brief Summary
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Bursera lunanii is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica and listed as "near threatened."
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