Devilwood

Cartrema americana

(L.) G.L.Nesom Species

Cartrema americana
Carol Ann McCormick via iNaturalist — CC BY 4.0
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Botanical name
Cartrema americana
Also known as
Devilwood
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Cartrema
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Devilwood

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

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

Amarolea americana Cartrema odorata Olea americana Olea laeta Osmanthus americanus Osmanthus americanus var. microphyllus Osmanthus mexicanus Pausia americana Pausia odorata

Others in Cartrema

Cartrema floridana
Cartrema scortechinii
Cartrema sumatrana

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