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Wild Florida Photo - Cartrema - devilwood genus

Genus

Cartrema 

devilwood

Florida Cartrema species were previously known as Osmanthus.

Cartrema americanumCartrema americanum
Wild olive
branch with dried fruit
Two species of Cartrema occur in Florida:
C. americanum - Wild Olive, American Devilwood, American Olive
    Swamps and hammocks, central and north peninsula and panhandle, mature fruit 7-15mm in diameter
C. floridanum - Scrub Wild Olive
    Scrub & similar xeric sites, central peninsula (FL endemic), mature fruit 14-25mm in diameter

Species of the Cartrema genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:

  Cartrema americanum
Wild Olive
Cartrema americanum

  Cartrema floridana
Scrub Wild Olive
Cartrema floridana

The genus Cartrema is a member of the Oleaceae - Olive family.

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