|
|
|
Catesbaea spinosa L., Sp. Pl. 109. 1753. DC., l.c. 401; Bor & Raizada l.c. 99; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 3: 286. 1956; Bailey & Bailey, l.c.
Vern.: Lily Thorn, Khar-o-Gul.
S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER
Small spiny shrub; spines axillary, straight 1.5-3 cm long; bark corky. Leaves 10-25 x 4-8 mm, opposite, entire, apiculate; petiole c. 1.5 mm long. Flowers c. 10 cm long and 4-5 cm across, white; pedicel c. 2 mm long, with red dots. Calyx-lobes 4, subulate. Corolla-tube pendulous, 7-10 cm long, glandular hairy within; lobes 4, c. 2 x 1 cm. Stamens 4-5, inserted at the base of corolla; anthers c. 1.2 cm long, apiculate. Ovary 2-loculed; style long exserted, branched into 2 stigmatic lobes. Fruit a berry, c. 5 cm long, yellow, edible.
Fl. Per.: June-August.
Type: ‘Habitat in Providentia’ [Bahamas].
Distribution: Indigenous to West Indies. Occasionally cultivated in Pakistan.
| Related Links (opens in a new window) |
|
Treatments in Other Floras @ www.efloras.org
Other Databases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
