Byrsonima lucida

(Miller) de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 580. 1824.

Common names: Locustberry
Illustrated
Basionym: Malpighia lucida Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Malpighia no. 9. 1768
Synonyms: Byrsonima biflora Grisebach B. cuneata (Turczaninow) P. Wilson M. cuneata Turczaninow
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 357.

Shrubs or trees, 1–6 m. Leaves often clustered at tips of shoots; blade obovate, larger blades 20–30 × 9–19(–24) mm, base cuneate or gradually narrowed, apex rounded or obtuse, surfaces very sparsely sericeous to soon glabrate. Inflorescences 2.5–5 cm, 6–10(–16)-flowered. Pedicels straight in bud, somewhat decurved in fruit. Flowers: anthers glabrous, locules rounded at apex, connectives equaling or exceeding locules to 0.3 mm; ovary glabrous. Drupes 8–12 mm diam. (dried), ovoid to spheroid with short apical beak when immature, glabrous.


Phenology: Flowering most commonly Jan–Jun; fruiting Feb–Jul.
Habitat: Hammocks in dry rocky pinelands and sandy palm-pine woods.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands).

Discussion

Byrsonima lucida, native in the flora area only to Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, is widely cultivated in peninsular Florida as an ornamental shrub; it probably has little or no tolerance for frost or temperatures below freezing.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Byrsonima lucida"
William R. Anderson† +
(Miller) de Candolle +
Malpighia lucida +
Locustberry +
Fla. +, West Indies (Bahamas +, Greater Antilles +, Lesser Antilles +  and Virgin Islands). +
0–10 m. +
Hammocks in dry rocky pinelands and sandy palm-pine woods. +
Flowering most commonly Jan–Jun +  and fruiting Feb–Jul. +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
Illustrated +
Byrsonima biflora +, B. cuneata +  and M. cuneata +
Byrsonima lucida +
Byrsonima +
species +