Malpighia glabra L.

Malpighia glabra L. Sp. PI. 425. 1753
Malpighia nitida Mill. Card. Diet. ed. 8. Malpighia no. 5. 1768. Not .1/. nitida I.. 1762.
Malpighia undulata A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 266. 1844.
Malpighia glabra guatemalensis Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 5. 1899.
Malpighia glabra undulata Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 5. 1899.
Malpighia glabra lancifolia Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 5. 1899.
Malpighia glabra typica Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 5. 1899.
Malpighia glabra antillana Urban & Niedzu.; Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 5. 1899.
Leaf-blades elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, 2.5-8 cm. long, acute or acuminate, or sometimes obtuse, deep-green above, paler beneath, ultimately glabrous, gradually or abruptly narrowed at the base, nearly sessile; cymes peduucled, the branches glabrous or sparingly pubescent; sepals oblong to ovate-oblong, 2.5-3 mm. long, glabrous or with few scattered hairs on the back, the glands usually fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla pink, 13-16 mm. wide, the larger petals 6-7.5 mm. long; drupes depressed-ovoid, 7-9 mm. long, slightly wider, red, often scarlet.
Type locality : Jamaica.
Distribution : Southern Texas, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies ; also in northern South America.

Malpighia biflora Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 4 : 326. 1797
Malpighia punicifolia Cav. Diss. 406. 1789. Not M. punicifolia L. 1762. Malpighia oxycocca Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 117. 1859. Malpighia oxycocca biflora Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 14. 1899.
Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, varying to lanceolate or ovate, 3-12 cm. long, acute or somewhat acuminate, bright-green on both sides, slightly paler beneath than above, with scattered hairs on both sides or glabrous in age, very short-petioled ; cymes peduncled, the branches usually sparingly pubescent at least during anthesis ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so, the glands fully one half the length of the sepalbody ; corolla purple or pink, 1S-23 mm. wide, the larger petals 8-10.5 mm. long; drupes ovoid or pyramidal, 13-17 mm. long, scarlet.
Type locality : America. Distribution : Cuba and Jamaica.

Malpighia punicifolia L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 609. 1762
Malpighia uniflora Tussae, Fl. Ant. 3 : pi. 27. 1824. Malpighia Berleriana Spreng. Syst. 2 : 383. 1825. Malpighia punicifolia lancifolia Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 8. 1899. Malpighia punicifolia vulgaris Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 8. 1899. Malpighia punicifolia obovata Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 8. 1899.
Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong, obovate, or linear-oblanceolate, 1.5-7 cm. long, obtuse or retuse, ultimately glabrous, slightly paler beneath than above, cuneately or abruptly narrowed at the base, short-petioled ; cymes sessile or nearly so, the branches sparingly pubescent ; sepals ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, more or less pubescent, fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla pink or violet, 16-21 mm. wide, the larger petals 7-9 mm. long ; drupes globose-ovoid or subglobose, 10-16 mm, long, scarlet.
Type locality : Tropical America.
Distribution: West Indies and northern South America.