Comprehensive Description
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Strempeliopsis arborea Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 461. 1908
Small to medium-sized tree, occasionally attaining a height of 10 m., wholly glabrous throughout; leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, obovate to obovate-oblong, 6-13 cm. long, 2-6 cm. broad, obtusely acuminate to broadly obtuse or rounded, the petioles 5-9 mm. long; inflorescence corymbiform, many-flowered, equaling or somewhat surpassing the subtending leaves; pedicels 3-4.5 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate-triangular, acute, 1-1.5 mm. long; corolla salverform, white, the tube 4^6 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes oblongdolabriform, 3.5-5 mm. long, spreading; follicles rather stout, 5-8 cm. long.
Type locaIvITy: Tyre, near Troy, [Trelawney,] Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica.
- bibliographic citation
- Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Strempeliopsis arborea: Brief Summary
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Strempeliopsis arborea is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
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