Citharexylum spinosum L.

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Photo: Mark Hyde
Garden, Harry Pichanick Dr., Harare

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle

Synonyms:	Citharexylum fruticosum L. Citharexylum quadrangulare Jacq.
Common names:	Fiddlewood (English) Lady chancellor tree (English)
Description:	Dioecious shrub or tree to 15 m. Leaves opposite; petiole characteristically reddish-brown; lamina elliptic, glossy above; apex acute; base cuneate. Flowers white.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	spinosum: spiny
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Bermuda, Antilles, Venezuela and Guyana
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Page 7. As Citharexylum fruticosum

Flora of Zimbabwe: Citharexylum spinosum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Citharexylum spinosum

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Citharexylum spinosum
African Plant Database: Citharexylum spinosum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Citharexylum spinosum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Citharexylum spinosum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Citharexylum spinosum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Citharexylum spinosum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Citharexylum spinosum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Citharexylum spinosum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Citharexylum spinosum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Citharexylum spinosum
JSTOR Plant Science: Citharexylum spinosum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Citharexylum spinosum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Citharexylum spinosum
The Plant List (version 1.1): Citharexylum spinosum
Tropicos: Citharexylum spinosum