Colubrina arborescens

(Miller) Sargent

Trees & Shrubs 2: 167. 1911.

Common names: Greenheart coffee colubrina wild coffee
Basionym: Ceanothus arborescens Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Cea
Synonyms: Colubrina ferruginosa Brongniart
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 77. Mentioned on page 74.

Shrubs or trees, erect, 1–8 m. Stems straight, densely reddish tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves persistent; petiole 5–20 mm; blade ovate to ovate-oblong or elliptic or oblong-obovate, 5–15 cm, subcoriaceous, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, 2 prominent glands at petiole/blade junction, margins entire, sometimes with glands, apex acute to acuminate, both surfaces red-brown tomentose, abaxial glabrescent except persistently tomentose on veins, adaxial glabrescent; pinnately veined, secondary (4–)5–9 pairs, arcuate, abaxial glands at ends of intermediate secondary veins. Inflorescences cymes or thyrses, 10–30-flowered; peduncles (3–)5–10 mm; fruiting pedicels 4–10 mm. Capsules 6–8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Nov–Feb, possibly year-round.
Habitat: Dunes, glade margins, mangrove margins, hammocks, canal edges.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America.

Discussion

Colubrina arborescens is known in the flora area only from Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Ceanothus arborescens +
Greenheart +, coffee colubrina +  and wild coffee +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +  and Central America. +
0–10 m. +
Dunes, glade margins, mangrove margins, hammocks, canal edges. +
Flowering Nov–Feb, possibly year-round. +
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Colubrina ferruginosa +
Colubrina arborescens +
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