Author: | Frederick Vernon Coville, 1911
|
Family: |
ANACARDIACEAE |
Origin: |
Baja
California; Mexico |
Soil: |
Lava |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
1
Meter |
Height: |
3-10
Meters |
Flower:
|
Crème - Pink |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Elephant Tree,
Copalquín, Torote Blanco. |
Synonyms: |
Schinus
discolor, Bentham, 1844.
Veatchia discolor T. S.
Brandegee, 1889.
Rhus veatchiana Kellogg, 1863.
Pachycormus discolor var. pubescens, Gentry.
Pachycormus discolor var. veatchianus, Gentry.
Rhus veatchiana, Kellogg.
Veatchia cedrosensis, A.Gray.
Veatchia discolor var. pubescens, I.M.Johnst.
Veatchia discolor var. veatchiana, I.M.Johnst.
Bursera pubescens, S.Watson. |
This member of the Anacardiaceae family from Baja California's west coast
was given this name
by Frederick Vernon Coville in 1911. It grows on lava-rubble or hillsides with little water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to one
meter in diameter and reach from three to ten meters in height. The plentiful flowers are crème to
pink.
The genera name from Greek
pachys; 'thick' and Greek kormos; 'trunk' for the thick
trunk and branches. The species name means 'many-coloured' or 'with
different colours'. |