Plant Description
Deciduous shrub to small tree to 15-20 feet, often twisted and irregular in appearance; leaves alterante or clustered on short side twigs, simple, lance-shaped; flowers in July, small, clustered, white; fruit in fall, maroon to black, juicy, a one seeded berry.

Bumelia lycioides, Buckthorn bumelia

All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell.

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