''Hypelate trifoliata'', commonly known as white ironwood or inkwood, is a small tree in the soapberry family. It is native to extreme southern

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

and islands of the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

. It has trifoliate leaves and produces small flowers in early summer. ''Hypelate'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q5195957, from2=Q15525522 Monotypic Sapindaceae genera Flora of Florida Flora of the Caribbean Dodonaeoideae