Ehretiaceae
Scorpionbush
Ehretia microphylla
- Family
- Ehretiaceae
- Genus
- Ehretia
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Common names
By language (13)
- Cantonese
- 福建茶
- Chinese
- 基及树, 基及樹, 小葉厚殼樹, 滿福木, 福建茶, 猫仔树, 粗糠树皮, 鹭肉
- English
- Scorpionbush, Fukien tea tree
- Filipino
- Tsaang gubat
- Finnish
- Karmona
- German
- Fukien-Tee
- gor
- Toli
- Hungarian
- Kislevelű borágófa
- Indonesian
- Hokiantea
- Japanese
- フクマンギ
- Malayalam
- കുരങ്ങുവെറ്റില
- Serbian
- Кармона, Ехретиа, Ехретија, Ехреција
- Tamil
- குரங்கு வெற்றிலை
Synonyms
- Carmona heterophylla Cav.
- Carmona microphylla (Lam.) G.Don
- Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masam.
- Cordia coromandeliana Retz. ex DC.
- Cordia retusa Vahl
- Ehretia buxifolia Roxb.
- Ehretia buxifolia var. latisepala Gagnep.
- Ehretia coromandeliana Retz. ex DC.
- Ehretia dentata Courchet ex Gagnep.
- Ehretia heterophylla Spreng.
- Ehretia monopyrena Gottschling & Hilger
- Lithothamnus buxioides Zipp. ex Span.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April to May, August to September (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Howard Hontanosas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CYL, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 林正文, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meng-Chi Hung, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 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). About our plant data.