Condalia globosa

Condalia globosa
Close-up: branch, leaves,
and dp violet-black fruit.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Condalia
Species: C. globosa
Binomial name
Condalia globosa
I.M.Johnst.
Natural range

Condalia globosa, also called Bitter Condalia, or Bitter Snakewood, is a perennial shrub, small tree of the Rhamnaceae family.

The tree or shrub is a gray, smooth barked tree, up to 4m tall. The fruit can be deep violet-black.

Distribution

Bitter Condalia's greatest range is in Northwestern Mexico in the desert regions of Sonora and the Gulf of California, east regions of Baja California and Baja California Sur.[1] The range extends onto the islands[1] in the Gulf of California, and northwards into southwest Sonoran Desert Arizona and Colorado Desert southeast California; all these regions of Sonora, the Bajas, and the southeast Colorado Desert, are all regions of the Sonoran Desert, the lowest elevation, highest temperature regions.

In Sonora, Mexico, the center of its range is opposite the species range in the Bajas, across the Gulf of California. The range in Sonora avoids the hottest Gran Desierto de Altar of Sonora in the northwest (about a sixth of Sonoran geography), and Bitter Condalia does not extend eastwards into the foothills of the northern Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera (about one third of Sonora).[1] The species is also recorded in locales of northern and central Sinaloa.[1]


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center: Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps from: Elbert L. Little, Jr. (1976), Atlas of United States trees, Vol. 3, minor Western hardwoods: U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication 1314, 13 p., 290 maps., US Government Printing Office. Library of Congress No. 79-653298. Map 46, Condalia globosa.
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