Citharexylum spinosum


Citharexylum spinosum is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Common names include Florida fiddlewood and Spiny fiddlewood.

Description

It is a tree that reaches a height of up to. The ovate to elliptic leaves are long and have orange petioles. Small white flowers are produced throughout the year on hanging axillary and terminal racemes and panicles in length. The fruit are red to black subglobose drupes in diameter.