Tree, 10—15(—30) m high. Branches glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; blade lanceolate, lanceolate-ovate or elliptic-oblong, 5-12 by 1.5-4 cm, margin entire, base acute, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous on both sides. Inflorescence paniculoid, composed of dense, much branched cymes. Calyx sessile, tubular, 7-10 mm long, with 10 distinct longitudinal ribs, sparsely hirsute with short hairs or glabrescent, lobes 5, deltoid. Corolla funnel-shaped, 15-25 mm long, white, becoming lavender and, when getting dry, brown, tube cylindrical, as long as calyx, lobes obovate, apically truncate to retuse. Stamens exserted, filaments inserted below throat, pubescent, woolly at base, anthers sagittate. Ovary: style deeply bifid. Fruit enclosed by persistent corolla and calyx.
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A tree. NB Naming confused.
Dry forests; at elevations up to 1,000 metres. Limestone hills, mostly in rather dry areas in Jamaica.
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