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Guettarda insularis

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Revillagigedo Is. (I. Socorro)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Guettarda insularis is a species of flowering plant. It is a large shrubby tree native to Socorro Island, the largest of the Revillagigedo Islands which lie west of Mexico's Pacific coast.

Guettarda insularis is prominent in Socorro's higher-elevation forests, which occur between 350 and 850 meters (1,150 and 2,790 ft) elevation. Other forest canopy trees include Ilex socorroensis, Sideroxylon socorrense, and Psidium oligospermum.

Other Guettarda plants

Guettarda comata · Guettarda frangulifolia · Guettarda longiflora · Guettarda retusa · Wild guave · Sea randa · Velvetseed

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

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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