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Ungnadia speciosa Endl.

Mexican buckeye
Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family)

USDA Symbol: UNSP
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Ungnadia speciosa

Mexican-Buckeye

Sapindaceae

Location: Medina River Ranch, Gate 9, 150 m N of Gate,
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Almost full shade of trees & taller shrubs. Moist, alluvial soil.

Description: Shrub, 4 m tall, Branches gray. Leaves alternate, long petioled, oddly pinnate (3-7), ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrate, to 4x13 cm. Flowers fascicled, mostly before leaves, from old axils, fragrant, pinkish. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 4-5, clawed. Anthers bright red. Fruit not present.

County: Medina
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: May 13, 1992
 Specimen number: 411

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0603
 Accession Date: Nov 23, 1993
 Accession Number: 44

Annotations: SCXXM

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