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|accepted_name=Vallesia antillana
|accepted_authority=Woodson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.
|place=24: 13. 1937
|year=1937
}}
|common_names=Tear shrub
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Vallesia;Vallesia antillana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vallesia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vallesia antillana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, 1–5 m. <b>Stems</b> yellowish to light gray, furrowed; latex milky. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 4–5 mm; blade obovate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–10 × 1.2–3 cm, subcoriaceous, base broadly acute to obtuse, margins entire, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Peduncle</b> 8–20 mm, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 4–8 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes acute, 0.7–1.5 mm, glabrous; corolla tube 6–7 mm, abaxial surface puberulent below insertion of stamens, adaxial surface glabrous, lobes spreading, oblong, 3–5 × 1.2–1.6 mm, glabrous; androecium inserted 1.5 mm below orifice, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm; gynoecium ovoid, 1.5 mm; style 2 mm; stigma 0.5 mm. <b>Drupes</b> indehiscent, oblong-ovoid, 10–12 × 5–8 mm (3–4 mm wide when dry), glistening.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Rockland hammocks, coastal berms.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba;Dominican Republic;Jamaica).
|discussion=<p>Vallesia antillana, now known in the flora area only from a few populations in Monroe County including the Florida Keys, is recognized as an endangered state species (G. D. Gann et al. 2002). It is sparingly cultivated in southern Florida. In the Bahamas, the species is used to treat gastrointestinal problems.</p>
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name=Vallesia antillana
|authority=Woodson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|basionyms=
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Rockland hammocks, coastal berms.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba;Dominican Republic;Jamaica).
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.
|publication year=1937
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Vallesia
|species=Vallesia antillana
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