The Virtual Herbarium of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands (CAYM) a part of the Fairchild Tropical Garden (FTG) Virtual Herbarium.
Flacourtiaceae
Casearia hirsuta Sw.
Cayman Brac: Eastern. Grid Ref: 7,164,363 ft.N. 2,074,763 ft.E.
Biodiversity site 25
Shrub, height 2m Typical hirsute underleaf form for comparison with unusally glabrous specimen collected at same locality.. Growing in dry evergreen thicket on dolostone karst. Dominated by Bursera simaruba, Pilosocereus sp.. Plumeria obtusa, Exothea paniculata, Agave sobolifera and Capparis flexuosa
F.J. Burton No.226 19-May-1998
CAYM Accession # 538
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