Pentaphylacaceae
El yunque colorado
Ternstroemia subsessilis
- Family
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Genus
- Ternstroemia
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Ternstroemia subsessilisPentaphylacaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- El yunque colorado
Synonyms
- Taonabo subsessilis Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: 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.