How to identify Anacua
Identify Anacua by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Anacua.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ehretia anacua
- Genus
- Ehretia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The dark green leaves are 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) and 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) wide and elliptical or ovate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Anacua itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Abundant white flowers form in panicles or cymes 5–7.5 cm (2.0–3.0 in) in length at the ends of twigs, making trees appear to be covered in snow when in bloom from spring to summer” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruits are spherical drupes 8 mm in diameter and yellowish-orange.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Anacua itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Anacua
Anacua (Ehretia anacua) is a tree in the Boraginaceae family.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Anacua belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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