Small trees or shrubs, to 3 m. Bark gray-brown, smooth. Branchlets glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaf blade ovate, mostly 2-4(-6) × 2-2.5(-3) cm, base obtuse to nearly truncate, margins crenate, apex acute; surfaces abaxially and adaxially harshly pubescent with conspicuous pustules; venation prominent, raised abaxially, reticulate. Flowers: calyx pink to white. Fruits pink, 2-2.5 mm diam.

Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Apr), sometimes summer–fall (Jul–Nov).
Habitat: Disturbed areas along margins of woodlands and roadways
Elevation: 0-25 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies.

Discussion

Trema lamarckiana is endemic to the Florida Keys and West Indies.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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