Madrono

MADRONO - Rheedia madruno
MAGNOLIA VINE
Research Corner Notes. By John Riley. 1984 #2, pp 26-27 ...

(Marmelada, Purui, Trompito, Madrono, Zumbo, Guayabito de monte, Family: Rubiaceae)
Averrhoa bilimbi (Bilimbi, Cucumber tree, Tree Sorrel, Kamias, belimbing asam, belimbing buloh, Family: Oxalidaceae) ...

Madrono [English]: Garcinia portoricensis
MadroÑo [English]: Arbutus canariensis
Madrono [Spanish]: Arbutus unedo
Madruno (As R Acuminata) [French]: Garcinia madruno
Maduai [Thai]: Coix lacryma-jobi
Madulai [Tamil]: Punica granatum ...

It was named officially, and its story told in the botanical journal Madrono, Volume 20, number 4; 1969; pages 221-225. Here I paraphrase from that article A mutant of Lithocarpus densiflorus.

Lane, M. A. 1988. Generic relationships and taxonomy of Acamptopappus (Compositae: Astereae). Madrono 35. (3): 247-265 [taxonomic revision]
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In 1792 Vancouver discovered and explored the Puget Sound region. The common names madrone and madrona come from the Spanish word for strawberry tree, madrono, because of its resemblance to Arbutus unedo, a Mediterranean strawberry tree.

Madrono. 20:390-391
Rubtzoff P. 1959. Iris pseudacorus and Caltha palustris in California. L. West. Bot., 9:31-32
THE BEST LITERATURE REVIEW -- Sutherland WJ. 1990. Biological flora of the British Isles. Iris pseudacorus L. J.

See also: May, Green, India, Mangosteen, Mango