Wild Flowering Plants
| Rubiaceae family Palicourea croceoides Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 29. 1825. Syn.: Palicourea riparia Bentham (1841). Syn.: Palicourea crocea (Swartz) Schultes var. riparia (Benth.) Griseb. (1864). Bwa kilibwi Indigenous common shrub of semi-evergreen seasonal forest, lower montane rainforest and fumaroles. Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Greater Antilles, Mesoamerica, South America. This species was previosly incorrectly called Palicourea crocea (Swartz) Schultes, which is not found in the Lesser Antilles. (Dr. Charlotte Taylor). |