Currant-Tree

Bourreria succulenta

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Botanical name
Bourreria succulenta
Also known as
Bodywood, Cherry, Chink, Currant-Tree, Poisonberry
Family
Ehretiaceae
Genus
Bourreria
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Currant-Tree

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Bourreria succulenta but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bourreria baccata Bourreria beureria Bourreria clariuscula Bourreria domingensis Bourreria grandiflora Bourreria ovata Bourreria recurva Bourreria revoluta Bourreria rigida Bourreria succulenta f. umbrosa Bourreria succulenta var. canescens Bourreria succulenta var. revoluta Bourreria tomentosa var. velutina Bourreria velutina Bourreria velutina var. venosa Bourreria venosa Bourreria wrightii Collococcus glaber Cordia beurreria Cordia bourreria Cordia glabra Crematomia attenuata Crematomia elongata Crematomia molliuscula Crematomia revoluta Crematomia venosa Ehretia beurreria Ehretia bourreria Ehretia bourreria Ehretia bourreria var. para-calophylla Ehretia domingensis Ehretia grandiflora Ehretia recurva Ehretia revoluta Ehretia rupestris Ehretia velutina Hymenesthes nitida Lithocardium glabrum Morelosia beurera Morelosia domingensis Morelosia ovata Morelosia recurva Morelosia revoluta

Others in Bourreria

Bourreria comorensis
Bourreria moaensis
Bourreria andrieuxii
Bourreria capuronii
Bourreria laxa
Bourreria linearis
Bourreria motaguensis
Bourreria orbicularis

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