Wild Flowering Plants

Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon foetidissimum   subsp.  foetidissimum
Akoma
Florida to Caribbean.
Very rare tree of deciduous seasonal forest.
We have seen the occasional specimen at Maquis and Latitanse, Dauphin, and on and around the Pitons.
There is a small population on the stony steep hill above the road to Anse Chastanet, Soufriere.
Small yellow flowers have a foetid smell and fall on the ground in large numbers (July).
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