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Quararibea turbinata
Also called Miller Wood, Swizzle Stick
Quararibea turbinata is a perennial tree or shrub native to the Caribbean, known as the swizzlestick tree because its wood was used for stirring rum drinks. It is grown mainly in warm, humid, frost-free climates, and it is an uncommon subject for home growing outside its native range.
Quararibea turbinata, also known as the swizzlestick tree, is an aromatic plant native to such Caribbean locales as Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Virgin Islands. It is generally described as a perennial tree or shrub and its common name comes from its use as a swizzle stick and its association with cocktails such as the rum swizzle.
Native names include: asubillo, garrocha, garrocho, palo de garrocha, palo de percha
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quararibea turbinata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
