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Scutia spicata (Scutia spicata)

Description

It grows to 1-3 m tall and has small green leaves 1.5-4 cm long, and a leathery multicoloured trunk. It is evergreen and the flowers are small and inconspicuous; the fruit is a small edible drupe 1 cm diameter.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Rhamnaceae

              • Genus: Scutia