Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ericales > Cyrillaceae > Cliftonia > Cliftonia monophylla

Cliftonia monophylla (buckwheattree; buckwheat tree)

Synonyms: Cliftonia ligustrina (homotypic); Cliftonia nitida; Mylocaryum ligustrinum

Wikipedia Abstract

Cliftonia monophylla, the buck-wheat tree, buckwheat tree or black titi, is a tree native to the southeastern United States. It is the sole species in the genus Cliftonia.
View Wikipedia Record: Cliftonia monophylla

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Wood - heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong; It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel;
Height [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Cliftonia monophylla

Predators

Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[4]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0