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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Guettarda elliptica Sw.
Common velvet-seed, Smooth velvet-seed

Guettarda elliptica
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, Mexico and northern South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Guettarda elliptica available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Guettarda elliptica has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Guettarda elliptica
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Guettarda elliptica
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Guettarda elliptica
Copyright by: George D. Gann