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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Gymnanthes lucida Sw.
Crabwood, False lignum vitae, Oysterwood

Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

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

Synonyms: Ateramnus lucidus.

Other data on Gymnanthes lucida available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Gymnanthes lucida has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida,
with characteristic epiphyllus lichens
Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2021.
Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Gymnanthes lucida
Copyright by: Shirley Denton