Polygonaceae
Tietongue
Coccoloba diversifolia
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Coccoloba
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- كوكولوبا تنوع
- Chinese
- 鴿李
- English
- Tietongue
- Persian
- آلوی پیجن
- Russian
- Голубиная слива, Кокколоба разнолистная
Synonyms
- Coccoloba cubensis Meisn.
- Coccoloba cumbreana Lundell
- Coccoloba curtisii Lindau
- Coccoloba floridana Meisn.
- Coccoloba lancifolia Lundell
- Coccoloba laurifolia Jacq.
- Coccoloba oligocarpa Lundell
- Coccoloba punctata L.
- Coccoloba punctata var. parvifolia Griseb.
- Guaiabara laurifolia (Jacq.) House
- Uvifera laurifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Seth G. Breeding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harveyluis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Estabrooks, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Riel Huaorani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeremy Kirouac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.