Xylopia muricata

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Scientific Names

Read about Xylopia muricata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Xylopia muricata, Linn. (X. jamaicensis, Griseb.). Smaller Bitter-wood. Fig. 4018. A shrub with ovate or lanceolate, long-acuminate lvs., with the slender acumen often obtuse at the tip, clothed beneath with strigose hairs, and bearded at the tip: fls. small, in axillary clusters: berries punctate.—This species, the type of the genus Xylopia, was based by Linnaeus on a plant growing in the mountains of Jamaica described and figured by Patrick Brown in his Natural History of Jamaica, and called by him Xylopicrum, on account of the bitter taste of its wood. The vernacular name was applied to it to distinguish it from X. glabra, Linn., a species based on Plukenet's Xilopicron, or Lignum amarum, of Barbados, commonly called bitter-wood. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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