Description
fiddle wood tree, zither wood
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.
A lovely small tree that offers interesting foliage all year round. Its large, oval, glossy leaves are green in winter, changing to shades of yellow, orange and gold for the months from spring to autumn. It bears small spikes of tiny flowers with a delicate scent in summer. Good for containers or tubs on the patio.
Description
It is a tree that reaches a height of up to 15 m (49 ft). The ovate to elliptic leaves are 4–20 cm (1.6–7.9 in) long and have orange petioles. Small white flowers are produced throughout the year on hanging axillary and terminal racemes and panicles 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) in length. The fruit are red to black subglobose drupes 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) in diameter.
This species is included as a naturalised species on the strength of two specimens found in mainly exotic woodland in Mandara, Harare.
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