Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Malpighia aquifolia L,. Sp. PI. 426. 1753
Malpighia dicifolia Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Malpighia no. S. 1768.
Malpighia Aquifolium D. Dietr. Syn. PI. 1586. 1840.
Malpighia Loddigesii Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1857 : 57. 1857.
Leaf-blades oblong to oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-6.5 cm. long, acute or abruptly pointed, sinuate-dentate, bright-green and glabrous above, paler and with scattered hairs beneath, somewhat reticulate, rounded or subcordate at the base, very short-petioled ; cymes sessile or nearly so, the branches sparingly pubescent, at least during anthesis ; sepals ovate or oblong-ovate 3.5^ mm. long, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla pink, often deep-pink, 16-20 mm. wide, the larger petals 7-9 mm. long ; drupes pyramidal, 11-13 mm. long, red.
Type locality : Tropical America.
Distribution: Cuba and Hispaniola.
- 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
