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Bois espagnol (leaves)

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 1773

Primary Source Reference:

"Vegetaux de St. Domingue ramassées dans mon Second voyage," December 1773, Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, No. 55, p. 4

Notes:

Both Comocladia domingensis and Comocladia pinnatifolia are known as bois espagnol in Haiti, the last of which is pictured here. Catalogue of the Seed Plants of the West Indies, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution / https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/WestIndies/catalog.htm

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Du Simitière's Common Name:

Bois espagnol

Current Scientific Name

Comocladia pinnatifolia