[Specimen details]

Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Description Tree 5 m tall; foliage light green.
Habitat Hammock borders, with Eugenia and other shrubs and trees.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9535
Collection Date 12 Jan 1980
Accession Number 180057
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Habitat Margin of second growth hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long 2975
Collection Date 27 Nov 1969
Accession Number 88618
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618 - Determined By: 5524, 1981
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Colubrina reclinata 3654 - Determined By: 31133
Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618 - Determined By: 34080, 1968
Colubrina asiatica (33458) 3654
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date 20 Jan 1958
Accession Number 47234
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Habitat Edge of rockland hammock.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector K. A. Bradley 1310
with S. Woodmansee
Collection Date 06 Dec 2000
Accession Number 233380
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long 2793
with L. Pardue, O. Lakela, M. Meagher
Collection Date 18 Jan 1969
Accession Number 84912
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Description An extremely bushy shrub 4 m tall; flowers small, clustered at the leaf axils.
Habitat Hammock edge.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9735
Collection Date 09 Sep 1981
Accession Number 165672
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Miami-Dade Co.: Fairchild Tropical Garden.
Description Dense shrub with long, spreading branches.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED; FG-64-76; introduced from North end of Key Largo by John Popenoe.
Collector W. T. Gillis
Collection Date 04 Oct 1970
Accession Number 97932
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618 - Determined By: 69315, 1985
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Puerto Rico. Guánica Mun.: Guanica National Forest along PR 333. 17° 58' 21" N 66° 54' 31" W
Description Tree 6 m x 15 cm diameter.
Habitat Arid forest along dry creek.
Reproductive State
Elevation 1 to 10 m
Specimen Notes Bark used to prepare local fermented drink called mavi.
Collector G. T. Prance
with G.R. Proctor, C.C. Berg
Collection Date 04 Apr 1985
Accession Number 190211
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618 - Determined By: 23645, Mar 1991
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Dominica. St. Peter Par.: Colihaut, over Colihaut River. 15° 29' 8" N 61° 27' 43" W
Description Cultivated small tree 20 ft. tall.
Habitat N side of town near bridge over river, then W into village.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes Twig bark sold in market; medicinal bitter tea, popular in Barbados.
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 17 Mar 1991
Accession Number 204016
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618
Herbarium Name Used
Locality U.S. Virgin Islands. Mosquito Island
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector W. I. Illman
Collection Date 09 Jun 1977
Accession Number 235954
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618 - Determined By: 75104, 14-Mar-2017
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Colubrina reclinata (75018) 3654
Locality USA. Florida, Miami-Dade Co.: University of Miami Arboretum. 25° 46' 27" N 80° 11' 37" W
Description Small tree ca. 15 ft. tall with small greenish-yellow flowers; brown berry-like fruit.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED.
Collector I. Lewis, Jr.
Collection Date 15 May 1960
Accession Number 292071
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Colubrina elliptica
Family Name Rhamnaceae
Currently Accepted Name Colubrina elliptica (60210) 3618 - Determined By: 33070, 1983
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Rhamnus sp.
Locality Mexico. Tamualipas Bridge of MEX 85, 11 km S of outskirts of Ciudad Victoria. 24° 2' 18" N 110° 22' 18" W
Description Small tree; flowers yellow-green, visited by wasps.
Habitat Matorral submontano; brushy vegetation along banks of stream with rock-filled bed and now dry and with no sign of water.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 350 m
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen
with M. Nee
Collection Date 21 Jun 1980
Accession Number 158218
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