Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae - Citharexylum spinosum

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Dinesh Valke

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Jul 6, 2011, 1:18:10 PM7/6/11
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Citharexylum spinosum L.
  • sith-uh-REKS-il-um -- from the Greek kithara (lyre) and xylon (wood); a Latinized form of the Jamaican vernacular term for 'fiddlewood'
  • spy-NO-sum -- with spines

Citharexylum spinosum 
May 30, 2008 at Rose Garden, Chandigarh 


commonly known as: fiddlewood tree, spiny fiddlewood; cultivated elsewhere in tropics 

Native of: s-e U.S.A, Caribbean Islands, n South America 


  • Fiddlewood ... Apr 30, 2007 in office building premises, Mumbai
  • Citharexylum spinosum ... May 30, 2008 at Rose Garden, Chandigarh
  • Citharexylum spinosum ... May 30, 2008 at Rose Garden, Chandigarh


Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 7, 2011, 1:00:47 AM7/7/11
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Another Nice upload during the week


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