bodywood
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.
Bourreria succulenta is a flowering plant in the family Ehretiaceae, native to the Caribbean and parts of the Americas. It is known by the common name bodywood and has synonyms such as Bourreria baccata and B. velutina. The species is found in regions including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, Florida, southern Mexico, and northern Venezuela.
Description
Bourreria succulenta is a tree species in the family Ehretiaceae. It is native to various Caribbean islands and parts of the Americas, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, Florida, southern Mexico, and northern Venezuela. The plant is known by several common names, such as cherry, currant tree, poisonberry, chink, and bodywood. It was first described in 1763 by the author Jacq.
Other common names
cherrychinkcurrant-treepoisonberrybodywood
Distribution
San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina · Global · Aruba · Bahamas · Cayman Is. · Cuba · Dominican Republic · Florida · Haiti · Jamaica · Leeward Is. · Mexico Southeast · Mexico Southwest · Netherlands Antilles · Puerto Rico · Southwest Caribbean · Trinidad-Tobago · Turks-Caicos Is. · Venezuela · Windward Is. · Archipiélago de Cuba
Synonyms
Lithocardium glabrumMorelosia beureraBourreria baccataBourreria beureriaBourreria clariusculaBourreria domingensisBourreria grandifloraBourreria ovataBourreria recurvaBourreria revolutaBourreria rigidaBourreria succulenta var. canescensBourreria succulenta var. revolutaBourreria succulenta f. umbrosaBourreria tomentosa var. velutinaBourreria velutinaBourreria velutina var. venosaBourreria venosaBourreria wrightiiCollococcus glaberCordia beurreriaCordia bourreriaCordia glabraCrematomia attenuataCrematomia elongataCrematomia molliusculaCrematomia revolutaCrematomia venosaEhretia beurreriaEhretia bourreria
