Jacquinia pungens
| Jacquinia pungens | |
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| J. pungens flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Theophrastaceae |
| Genus: | Jacquinia |
| Species: | J. pungens |
| Binomial name | |
| Jacquinia pungens A.Gray | |
Jacquinia pungens (syn. Jacquinia macrocarpa subsp. pungens) is a species of flowering plant in the family Theophrastaceae, native to southern Mexico. It is a shrub growing to 4 m tall, with lanceolate to oblong evergreen leaves 4–7 cm long, with a sharply pointed apex. The flowers are yellow, orange, or red, produced in tight racemes. The fruit is a yellow berry.
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J. pungens fruit.
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