Habit: Varronia lucayana grows as a shrub up to 2 m in height. Young vegetation pubescent. The leaves are arranged alternately, spathulate to obovate in shape, up to 2 cm in length (usually shorter) with a leaf margin that ranges from crenate to repand toward the apex and is short pubescent and glandular.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are arranged in few flowered, lax, terminal spikes. The calyx has 5 sepals that are fused into a cup that is covered with hairs. The corolla has 5 white petals that are fused into a cup with reflexed, crenate lobes. There are 5 stamens that are attached to the rim of the corolla with pubescent filaments. The ovary is superior with 4 locules and ovules. The fruit is a drupe that turns red at maturity.
Habitat: Varronia lucayana grows in Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formation – Shrublands (scrubland) and Sabal palmetto Woodlands.
Distribution: Varronia lucayana is endemic to the Lucayan Archipelago occurring in the southern islands.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Varronia lucayana is not known to be used medicinally in the Bahamas.