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Xylosma flexuosa

brush-holly, coronillo (a )
Habit Shrubs [trees] to 2 [12] m. Leaves: petiole to 5 mm; blade usually ovate to obovate, sometimes rhombic, to 8 cm, chartaceous to ± coriaceous, base cuneate to rounded, margins usually crenate to serrate, sometimes subentire, apex shortly acuminate to rounded, sometimes retuse, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes glabrescent on vasculature abaxially.
Inflorescences

sessile or obscurely pedunculate, 4–18-flowered.
Pedicels

to 5(–8) mm at anthesis, articulate proximal to middle, usually near base.
Flowers

pistillate sometimes with sterile, ± reduced stamens;

sepals white, yellowish, or greenish, sometimes reddish adaxially, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, margins short-ciliate, surfaces usually shortly pubescent, sometimes glabrate;

stamens 16–24;

filaments glabrous;

ovary ovoid-oblong, glabrous.
Berries

reddish to red-black at maturity, subglobose, 4–7 mm, glabrous.
Seeds

2–6, broadly ovoid, angular-compressed, sometimes reniform, 3–4 mm.

Xylosma flexuosa
Phenology Flowering and fruiting year-round.
Habitat Brushland and palm groves, often on slopes, often in moist soils
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico; Central America; West Indies (Curaçao); South America (Venezuela)
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Discussion

In the flora area, Xylosma flexuosa is found on the Gulf coastal plain from Cameron to Nueces counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 164.
Parent taxa Salicaceae > Xylosma
Synonyms Flacourtia flexuosa, Flacourtia celastrina, X. blepharodes, X. celastrina, X. pringlei
Name authority (Kunth) Hemsley: Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 57. (1879)
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