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Turkeyberries

Canthium

Turkeyberries
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny.

Where it grows

Canthium species were predominantly found in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand and the Philippines. A small number of species was found in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Only a limited number of species were found on the African continent, especially in Southern and East Africa.

Other Canthium plants

Canthium angustifolium · Coromandel Boxwood · Unarmed Turkey Berry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Canthium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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