Drimys granadensis

Drimys granadensis
Flowers - Drimys granadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Canellales
Family: Winteraceae
Genus: Drimys
Species:
D. granadensis
Binomial name
Drimys granadensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Drimys winteri f. granadensis (L.f.) Eichler
  • Wintera granadensis (L.f.) Murray

Drimys granadensis is a broadleaf evergreen tree of family Winteraceae. it is native to tropical montane forests from Peru to southern Mexico.

Common names in Mexico include al-ca-puc, cashiquec, chachaca, chilillo, palo picante, palo de chile, yaga-bziga, and vaya-yiña.[2]

  1. ^ "Drimys granadensis L.f." Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011. ISBN 9781903703281