Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical dry forest

Range

Caribbean and Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This tree grows in the rocky coastal forests of the Caribbean and Florida. Its orange fruits contain four hard seeds that germinate only after passing through a bird.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Bourreria

Species

Bourreria succulenta