Cyrillaceae
Buckwheat tree
Cliftonia monophylla
- Family
- Cyrillaceae
- Genus
- Cliftonia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- كلفتونية وحيدة الورقة
- arz
- كلفتونيه وحيدة الورقه
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена клифтония
- English
- Buckwheat tree
Synonyms
- Cliftonia ligustrina Sims ex Spreng.
- Cliftonia nitida C.F.Gaertn.
- Mylocaryum ligustrinum Willd.
- Ptelea monophylla Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mario hernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.