Condalia hookeri
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| Condalia hookeri | |
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| Its fruit is edible and may be made into a jelly[1] | |
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| Branch with older leaves | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Condalia |
| Species: | C. hookeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Condalia hookeri | |
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| Condalia hookeri range | |
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Condalia hookeri, called the Brazilian bluewood, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Texas and eastern Mexico.[3] It is a thorny shrub or small tree reaching 6 m (20 ft) but usually much shorter.[4] Typically it is found growing in marginal habitats such as limestone slopes, sandstone bluffs, lunettes, shell ridges, juniper-dominated woodlands, or along watercourses, often in clayey or sandy soils, at elevations from 10 to 400 m (30 to 1,300 ft).[4] It may come to dominate an area as a thorny scrubland.[1]
