Wild Flowering Plants
| Malvaceae family Corchorus hirsutus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 530. 1753. Indigenous shrub close to beach,south end Anse Des Sables, Vieux Fort. Common in a very small area. Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, rest of West Indies, Mesoamerica, South America, northeastern tropical Africa. Threatened by habitat clearance. |