Colubrina
Colubrina is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the Indian Ocean islands. Common names include nakedwood, snakewood, greenheart and hogplum. The generic name is derived from the Latin word coluber, meaning "snake", and refers to the snake-like stems or stamens.
39 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Texas Snakewood
speciesColubrina texensis
latherleaf
speciesColubrina asiatica
Colubrina viridis
speciesColubrina viridis
Sierra nakedwood
speciesColubrina greggii
Coffee Colubrina
speciesColubrina arborescens
Soldierwood
speciesColubrina elliptica
Colubrina triflora
speciesColubrina triflora
Colubrina glandulosa
speciesColubrina glandulosa
las animas colubrina
speciesColubrina californica
Colubrina yucatanensis
speciesColubrina yucatanensis
Colubrina cubensis
speciesColubrina cubensis
Kauila
speciesColubrina oppositifolia
Colubrina heteroneura
speciesColubrina heteroneura
Colubrina spinosa
speciesColubrina spinosa
Colubrina decipiens
speciesColubrina decipiens
Colubrina macrocarpa
speciesColubrina macrocarpa
Colubrina retusa
speciesColubrina retusa
Colubrina cordifolia
speciesColubrina cordifolia
Pondo Snakewood
speciesColubrina nicholsonii
Colubrina stricta
speciesColubrina stricta
Colubrina alluaudii
speciesColubrina alluaudii
Colubrina verrucosa
speciesColubrina verrucosa
Colubrina mezquitalensis
speciesColubrina mezquitalensis
Colubrina travancorica
speciesColubrina travancorica
Colubrina obscura
speciesColubrina obscura
Colubrina ehrenbergii
speciesColubrina ehrenbergii
Colubrina javanica
speciesColubrina javanica
Colubrina johnstonii
speciesColubrina johnstonii
Colubrina beccariana
speciesColubrina beccariana
Colubrina articulata
speciesColubrina articulata
Colubrina pedunculata
speciesColubrina pedunculata
Colubrina angustior
speciesColubrina angustior
Colubrina sordida
speciesColubrina sordida
Colubrina neoviridis
speciesColubrina neoviridis
Colubrina villarrealii
speciesColubrina villarrealii
Colubrina lanceolata
speciesColubrina lanceolata
Colubrina macrocarpoides
speciesColubrina macrocarpoides
Colubrina subsessilis
speciesColubrina subsessilis
Colubrina tequila
speciesColubrina tequila
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.72
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.127
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.69
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.94
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.808
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.806
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.393
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.305
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51595.