Celastraceae
Caribbean mayten
Maytenus cymosa
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Maytenus
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Maytenus cymosaCelastraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Caribbean mayten
Synonyms
- Monteverdia cymosa (Krug & Urb.) Biral
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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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.