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n. - Mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits.

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  • Otherwise, vegetation is short and shrubby, consisting of herbs, grasses, and Ciperaceae, though the native Colubrina glandulosa var. reitzii does still occur on Trindade.
  • A forest dominated by Colubrina glandulosa var. reitzii covered 85% of Trindade until the mid 1700’s, when settled by 130 families from the Azores.
  • Colubrina, and Trichosanthes Palmata.
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