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White indigoberry

Randia aculeata

Also called Black Cherry, Christmas Tree, Fishing Rod, Box Brier, Five Fingers, Goat Horn, Inkberry

White indigoberry
Photo: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
S. Florida to Caribbean, Mexico to N. South America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Randia aculeata, commonly known as white indigoberry or white indigo berry, is a species in the Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or small tree that grows from 2 to 6 m tall. R. aculeata is native to Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, elsewhere among the Caribbean islands, and also from Mexico, Puerto Rico south through Central and South America to Colombia.

Other Randia plants

Randia carlosiana · Randia longiloba · Spiny Gardenia · Randia nicaraguensis · Randia pleiomeris · Puerto Rico indigoberry · Indigoberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Randia aculeata 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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