Coccoloba pubescens
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''Coccoloba pubescens'', known as grandleaf seagrape, largeleaf, mountain-grape, and Eve's umbrella, is a species of '' Coccoloba'' native to coastal regions of the Caribbean: on
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Description

Grandleaf seagrape is a medium-sized tree growing to 24 m tall, with an open, sparsely branched crown. The
leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
are orbicular, very variable in size, from 2.5–45 cm diameter, rarely up to 90 cm diameter, bright green above, paler below with yellow to reddish veins, and a smooth, wavy margin. The flowers are greenish-white, produced on erect spikes up to 60 cm long. The fruit is 2 cm in diameter.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan .


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q868132 pubescens Flora of the Caribbean Plants described in 1759 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora without expected TNC conservation status