Ungnadia speciosa Endl.

Texan buckeye (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Ungnadia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 3.1 m high. The flowers are pink and occur in clusters. They have a scent. They develop before the leaves. The flowers have 4 petals and 7-10 stamens. The seeds are shiny brown to black.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.1
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

CAUTION: The seeds are poisonous.
Uses environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Hallucinogen (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Images

Flower

Ungnadia speciosa flower picture by Lin Yai (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Ungnadia speciosa fruit picture by Bre Bitz (cc-by-sa)
Ungnadia speciosa fruit picture by Micheal Tuchband (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ungnadia speciosa world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Conservation status

Ungnadia speciosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:785564-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134889
COL ID 7DK6H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ungnadia heptaphylla Ungnadia heterophylla Ungnadia speciosa