Citharexylum spinosum (Introduced)

Citharexylum spinosum L., Sp. Pl. 625 1753 (Syn. Citharexylum bahamense Millsp. ex Britton; Citharexylum broadwayi O.E.Schulz; Citharexylum caudatum Sw. [Illegitimate]; Citharexylum cinereum L. [Illegitimate]; Citharexylum cinereum Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don [Illegitimate]; Citharexylum coriaceum Desf.; Citharexylum fruticosum L. ……….; Citharexylum hybridum Moldenke; Citharexylum laevigatum Hostm. ex Griseb.; Citharexylum molle Salisb.; Citharexylum molle Jacq. ex Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Citharexylum pentandrum Vent.; Citharexylum polystachyum Turcz.; Citharexylum pulverulentum Pers.; Citharexylum quadrangulare Jacq.; Citharexylum spinosum f. brittonii (Moldenke) I.E.Méndez …..; Citharexylum subserratum Sw.; Citharexylum surrectum Griseb.; Citharexylum teres Jacq.; Citharexylum tomentosum Poir.; Citharexylum villosum Jacq.; Colletia tetragona Brongn.);
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Caribbean, Panama to N. South America: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Bermuda, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Mozambique, Tunisia as per POWO;
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Common name: Fiddlewood, Fiddlewood Tree, Spiny Fiddlewood • Kannada: ಬಕಳೆ Bakale ಬೇಲಿಪಾರಿಜಾತ Beli parijaata
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sith-uh-REKS-il-um — from the Greek kithara (lyre) and xylon (wood); a Latinized form of the Jamaican vernacular term for ‘fiddlewood’
spy-NO-sum — with spines
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Native of: s-e U.S.A, Caribbean Islands, n South America. Cultivated elsewhere in tropics.
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Confirmation of ID Requested_28122010_DS_SN4:
By searching internet, it seems to me as Citharexylum quadrangulare : in Bengali  it is called ‘Parijat‘ or ‘Brindaboni Champa’.
Located in a garden in Uluberia, south of West Bengal.
Time : Sep. 2010

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ID confirmation Requested_28122010_DS_SN5:
The pics for citharexylum quadrangulare is attached in this mail again. Confirmation of Botanical name is requested.

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– This is the Zither-wood tree [C.quadrangulare], a native of the West Indies. It is a fairly common roadside tree in Bandra, Bombay.

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Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae – Citharexylum spinosum:
Citharexylum spinosum L.

[image: Citharexylum spinosum]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2557925243/>

May 30, 2008 at Rose Garden, Chandigarh

commonly known as: fiddlewood tree, spiny fiddlewood;

   – [image: Fiddlewood]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/478254075/>
… Apr 30, 2007 in office building premises, Mumbai
– [image: Citharexylum spinosum]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2558762278/>
… May 30, 2008 at Rose Garden, Chandigarh
– [image: Citharexylum spinosum]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2558756456/>
… May 30, 2008 at Rose Garden, Chandigarh

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Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae – Citharexylum quadrangulare:
Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae – Citharexylum quadrangulare
From Kudremukh Karnataka.

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Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Verbenaceae-Citharexylum spinosum:
Spiny Fiddlewood Tree – Citharexylum spinosum Ulsoor Lake Bangalore

Wonderful… now I am sure what my unknown neighbor tree is… photographed last month but did know where to begin to ID it… my dad used to call it Manjari… but had no idea about its botanical ID ……
now I read all that I could lay my hands on including  the wiki and A P Benthall’s Trees of Calcutta, a 1946 book…!!! and lo and behold… its listed and described in detail… at the end of the day I’ ll return from class and upload my pics…

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Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: VERBENACEAE Trees UD 7102011 Unknown possibly Citharexylum spinosum:
Submitting  Tree for definitive id

Possibly this is Species: Citharexylum spinosum

Family: Verbenaceae

Photographed in June 2011

Site: Residential suburb, South Kolkata

Tree ID: Possibly Citharexylum spinosum

My ID is based on reading up following posting recently by … from Bangalore See thread Similar pictures at url : http://group/indiantreepix/thread/ec0…

These photographs are taken from my balcony about 70 feet away.. with a zoom lens on a sony prosumer camera, handheld.. Close up of the flowers is not available YET…. In the first picture the background id provided by a Peltoforum, leaves turning dark, and copper pods are getting bigger. The foreground tree is a mangifera. The middle tree is the one in question…. It is about 20 feet tall, with light grey to dark bark, no prominent furrows etc… Leaves are elliptic-oblong, about 5-7 inches long, plain (non serrated ) margins. All three trees are about 25 to 30 years old… I SHALL GREATLY APPRECIATE  INPUTS FROM THE EXPERTS…

Yes, indeed it is Citharexylum spinosum. We call it ‘Parijatam’ in  Malayalam. Very fragrant flowers. I have it in my garden. Attracts a lot of butterflies and bees. Easy to propagate from cuttings.

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efloraindia: Citheroxylum subserratum:
Sharing the images of Citheroxylum subserratum from NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore.

Oh this seems to be different than the more common one Citharexylum spinosum syn. Citharexylum quadrangulare.
Please note the correct genus name.
Family : Verbenaceae
Checked again after writing the text. Citharexylum subserratum is also a synonym of C.spinosum

Though this is also form The Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore, i photographed it outside the garden, standing on the footpath.

Species : UNKNOWN

Habit & Habitat : garden tree

Date : 25-05-12, 12.14 p.m.
Place : The Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore (Kolkata)

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Citharexylum qudrangulare. Verbenaceae

Tried more than an hour and a half to understand the differences in the between the inflorescence in my images and that of by … – efi thread.

But failed to find any between efi thread (mine) and efi thread (…).

However, pasting some links for the sake of keeping records, or in other words for the sake of time and money spent ! –

• synonyms – http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-41323
• few pics – http://toptropicals.com/Citharexylum_spinosum
• description and further links – http://www.hear.org/pier/citharexylum_spinosum

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Tree ID- fragrant white flowers, Bangalore:
Please help to identify.
Location- Aurobindo Ashram Garden, opp Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore
Date- June 17, 2012
The small white flowers have a nice fragrance. Sorry- my camera/ photographic skills did not allow me to get a nice focused picture of the flower itself.

Citharexylum sp. (?) for Id:
Please identify this shrub or a small tree appeared to be Citharexylum of the family Verbenaceae, growing in the garden of Saudi Arabia

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Citharexylum qudrangulare

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Looks like Buddleja sp. (Family: Buddlejaceae).

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