Picramnia pentandra Sw.

Florida bitterbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Picramniales > Picramniaceae > Picramnia

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 15–40 dm. Stems: young puberulent. Leaves imparipinnate; petiole ± puberulent; larger leaves 8–14 cm, sparsely puberulent; petiolules 1.5–3 mm, wrinkled, ± puberulent; leaflets 5–11, ovate to narrowly elliptic, larger 6–12.5 × 1.8–5 cm, apex usually acute to acuminate, usually shiny adaxially, secondary and tertiary veins salient on both surfaces, glabrous except along midveins adaxially and at base near petiolule. Thyrses 6–20 cm. Pedicels: staminate 0.5–0.7 mm; pistillate 1–2 mm. Staminate flowers: sepals lanceolate, 1–1.2 mm, puberulent; petals lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 1.5–1.6 mm, glabrous; intrastaminal discs circular; stamens 5, filaments 2.2–2.8 mm, anthers dorsifixed; pistils vestigial. Pistillate flowers: sepals triangular, 1 mm, puberulent; petals narrowly oblong, 1.3–1.6 mm, glabrous; stamens 0; pistils ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous, stigmas 2, slightly divergent. Berries becoming black, spheric to ellipsoid, 6–9 mm diam., glabrous; pedicels 7–10 mm.
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A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 4.25
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal hummocks, growing in both remnant forests and the more open secondary formations; at elevations up to 600 metres.
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It is a tropical and subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Metroxenia (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Picramnia pentandra world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Picramnia pentandra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813923-1
WFO ID wfo-0000474744
COL ID 4HQK8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630409
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Synonyms

Picramnia pentandra Picramnia antidesmoides Picramnia micrantha Picramnia cubensis Picramnia oblongifolia Tariri pentandra