Drypetes diversifolia Krug & Urb.

Milkbark (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Putranjivaceae > Drypetes

Characteristics

Trees to 7(–12) m. Bark white, often with irregular gray or light brown patches, smooth. Buds glabrous, resinous. Leaves: petiole 0.3–1.2 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 5–9 × 2–4 cm, leathery, base rounded to obtuse, margins entire on adult leaves, spinose-dentate on leaves of seedlings and sprouts, apex usually rounded to obtuse, if acute, not abruptly so; venation coarsely reticulate. Staminate inflorescences: flowers (1–)4–7 per fascicle. Pistillate inflorescences: flowers 1–3 per fascicle. Staminate flowers: sepals (4–)5, oblong to ovate, 2.5–4 mm, densely hairy, not ciliate; nectary slightly lobed; stamens 8(–10). Pistillate flowers: sepals like those of staminate flowers; nectary annular; ovary 1-carpellate; style 1; stigma 1. Drupes white at maturity, ellipsoid to obovoid, 15–20 × 12–15 mm; mesocarp 2–3 mm thick, mealy; endocarp 1–2 mm thick, bony. Seeds 1 per fruit.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 7.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Distribution

Drypetes diversifolia world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Dominica, Haiti, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:85489-2
WFO ID wfo-0000946456
COL ID 37YB7
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Synonyms

Drypetes diversifolia Drypetes keyensis