Corkwood

Leitneria floridana

Chapm. Species

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Botanical name
Leitneria floridana
Also known as
Corkwood
Family
Simaroubaceae
Genus
Leitneria
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Corkwood

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 Leitneria floridana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Myrica floridana

Others in Leitneria

Leitneria pilosa subsp. ozarkana
Leitneria pilosa subsp. pilosa
Leitneria pilosa
Western Corkwood

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