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More than 2200 species of the wild flora and fauna photographed in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico and the surrounding area.
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Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies of Zihuatanejo
ORDER ERICALES
Cudjoewood
-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)
-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)
-Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies (Order Ericales)
-Primroses (Family Primulaceae)
-Subfamily Theophrastoideae
-Tribe Theophrasteae
-Genus Bonellia
-Cudjoewood (Bonellia macrocarpa)
Cudjoewood (Bonellia macrocarpa), is a robust evergreen shrub or small tree native to Mexico. he plant produces clusters of small, fragrant, orange-red flowers that are unique for having five true petals alternating with five petal-like sterile stamens. These blooms are followed by greenish to orange berries about 3 to 4 centimetres in diameter, which have a wrinkled outer skin when mature and are often consumed by birds but are not edible for humans.
Bonellia macrocarpa
Flowers by Colour

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