Karwinskia humboldtiana (Schult.) Zucc.

Coyotillo (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Karwinskia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1.5–4(–6) m, glabrous or glabrate. Leaves: petiole 2–10 mm; blade oblong to elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-ovate, (1.5–)3–7(–8) cm, base rounded or truncate to acute, margins entire or weakly crenate (teeth at vein tips), apex rounded or truncate to acute, surfaces glabrous or abaxial surface sparsely puberulent along veins. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered. Drupes black, globose, 9–13 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 4.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food material medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Convulsion (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Infection (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Paralyzant (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Tetanus (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

Karwinskia humboldtiana unspecified picture

Distribution

Karwinskia humboldtiana world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Conservation status

Karwinskia humboldtiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717579-1
WFO ID wfo-0001130928
COL ID 3R3F8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Karwinskia biniflora Rhamnus humboldtiana Rhamnus biniflorus Karwinskia humboldtiana Karwinskia affinis Rhamnus maculata