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| Distribution | Native from Mexico and Central America to northern South America and the West Indies.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Large shrubs or small trees up to 20 m tall; branches nearly terete, glabrous.
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Leaves
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Leaves somewhat leathery, oblong to obovate or elliptic-oblanceolate, 7-16 cm long, 3.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, upper surface glossy, lower surface dull, apex rounded or obtuse, base cuneate, petioles green, 1-2 cm long.
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Flowers
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Flowers in narrow, elongate-recurved racemes 4-10 cm long, pedicels usually 2-5 mm long; calyx campanulate, ca. 3 mm long, the rim unlobed and truncate in fruit; corolla white.
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Fruit
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Fruit purplish black, oblong-globose, ca. 5-8 mm long.
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