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Triopteris jamaicensis
Triopteris jamaicensis
L.
Common Names:
Cough Vine
Family: Malpighiaceae
Habit:
Triopteris jamaicensis
grows as a vine/liana to 12 m in length and 2 cm in diameter. The leaves are arranged oppositely, to 5 cm in length, linear to obovate with an emarginate to rounded leaf apex, and an entire margin.
The actinomorphic flowers are arranged in racemes or panicles. At the base of the flower are 3 bracts and 8 sepal glands in pairs. The calyx has 5 unfused green sepals. The corolla has 5 unfused, clawed, purple-blue petals. There are 10 stamens with yellow stamens. The 3-lobed ovary is superior with 3 locules. The fruit is a samara with two wings; a larger upper and smaller lower.
Habitat:
Triopteris jamaicensis
grows climbing other trees and shrubs in Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formation- Forests/Woodlands/Shrublands (coppice, scrublands).
Distribution in Bahamas/Globally:
Triopteris jamaicensis
occurs in the central and northern island groupings in the Bahamian Archipelago as well as Cuba and Hispaniola.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage:
Triopteris jamaicensis
has been used in the Bahamas to treat respiratory illness (coughs and tuberculosis).
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