Tree;
leaves alternate, simple, elliptic, base rounded, margin entire,
apex acute; inflorescence paniculate; flowers small; petals white,
recurved at maturity; fruits yellow drupes. (Image at left photographed
at Hacienda Tabi.)return to: checklist; keys; Boraginaceae
Tree;
leaves alternate, simple, elliptic, base rounded, margin entire,
apex acute; inflorescence paniculate; flowers small; petals white,
recurved at maturity; fruits yellow drupes. (Image at left photographed
at Hacienda Tabi.)
Additional images:
Standley (1930) reports that leaf tea is used to stop vomiting of blood. Listed as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981, Suarez Molina 1981).
