Claim · model-written summary
The flower spike is long and branched.
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Verbatim
e0“The flower-spike is long and beautifully branched.”
t0“cabbage-bark tree”
Title
XXVII. Description and use of the cabbage-bark tree of Jamaica.
William Wright Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1777. doi:10.1098/rstl.1777.0029
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation The cabbage-bark tree grows across most of Jamaica and abounds in low savannahs of St. Mary and St. George.
- Observation The tree is tall but slender, with branches near the top of a straight smooth trunk.
- Observation Young leaves are light green, mature leaves dark green, and leaves before drop rusty.
- Observation The flowers are numerous with dark purple calyces and pale rose petals.
- Observation Bees, beetles, butterflies, and hummingbirds continually feed at the flowers.