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Drypetes lateriflora (Swartz) Krug & Urban. Common name: Guiana-plum. Phenology: Feb-May; Mar-Jul. Habitat: Maritime hammocks, mesic hammocks, rockland hammocks. Distribution: S. and ec. FL peninsula; West Indies; n. and e. Mexico and Central America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl2, FNA12, K4, Mex, S, S13, WH3; Schaefferia lateriflora Swartz. Basionym: Schaefferia lateriflora Sw. 1788

Links to other floras: = Drypetes lateriflora - FNA12

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