Jacquinia arborea Vahl is a plant in the Primulaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Jacquinia arborea Vahl

Jacquinia arborea Vahl

Jacquinia arborea Vahl is a flowering tree in Primulaceae with several common names, native to parts of the Americas and Caribbean.

Family
Genus
Jacquinia
Order
Ericales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Jacquinia arborea Vahl

Jacquinia arborea Vahl is a species of flowering plant that grows as a tree, and it belongs to the Primulaceae plant family. Its common names are torchwood, azucares, barbasco, and braceletwood. This species is native to Aruba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, the Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Primulaceae Jacquinia

More from Primulaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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