Ehretiaceae
Knockaway
Ehretia anacua
- Family
- Ehretiaceae
- Genus
- Ehretia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Knockaway
Synonyms
- Ehretia ciliata Miers
- Ehretia elliptica DC.
- Ehretia exasperata Miers
- Ehretia lancifolia Sessé & Moc.
- Ehretia scabra Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Gaza anacua Terán & Berland.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Carlos Abrego, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian Dover, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.