Rhamnaceae

Greenheart

Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg.

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Colubrina

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Greenheart (Colubrina arborescens) — FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 大海蛇藤, 绿心兵木
English: Greenheart
Haitian Creole: Bwaple

Synonyms

Ceanothus arborescens Mill.
Ceanothus colubrinus (Jacq.) Lam.
Celastrus ovatus Hill
Colubrina americana Nutt.
Colubrina colubrina (Jacq.) Millsp.
Colubrina ferruginosa Brongn.
Colubrina obtusata Urb.
Marcorella colubrina (Jacq.) Raf.
Paliurus colubrina Scop.
Perfonon ferrugineum Raf.
Rhamnus colubrina Jacq.
Rhamnus ferruginea Nutt.

Flowers

In flower: February, May (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

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: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Edith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: naturedom12, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nature&Developpement, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Giovanny Vargas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marzanna Bug, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.