''Condalia correllii'', also called Correll's snakewood, is a
shrub belonging to the family
Rhamnaceae
The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales.
The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae ...
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The shrub has smooth gray bark, and usually grows up to tall. The fruit is generally a deep violet-black. Leaves are linear, and it belongs to what
Marshall Conring Johnston
Marshall Conring Johnston (born May 10, 1930) is an American botanist who made several explorations in Mexico and specialized in plants in the family Gesneriaceae.
Johnston was born in San Antonio in the family of Theodore Harris Johnston and Lu ...
terms the linear-leaved group.
Distribution
Correll's snakewood ranges across the Southwestern United States and into Northwestern Mexico, where it commonly occurs at higher elevations than
Condalia globosa
''Condalia globosa'', also called bitter condalia, or bitter snakewood, is a perennial shrub, small tree of the family Rhamnaceae.
The tree or shrub is a gray, smooth barked tree, up to 4m tall. The fruit can be deep violet-black.
Distribution
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Uses
It has been considered as a low water native landscape plant. It provides useful cover and forage for fruit eating birds. Flowers are notably fragrant.
[J. Mielke. 1993. Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes]
References
correllii
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