Wild Flowering Plants
| Polygonaceae family Triplaris cumingiana Fischer & C. A. Meyer ex C. A. Meyer, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4: 148. 1845. Naturalized very rare tree in moist areas, Vigie to Union, Castries. Native to Mesoamerica and South America. Presumably planted as an ornamental. Now known only in the wild. Howard determined a specimen as Triplaris americana but using a key from the Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana (courtesy F. Axelod), it appears to be this species. |
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