ANACUA Sugarberry, Boraginaceae
Ehretia anacua - Borage Family
DESCRIPTION: Medium tree with evergreen, dark-green, sandpapery leaves
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Height: 15-40 feet.
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Flowers: Fragrant, white, clustered near
branch ends; early spring and after summer rainfall.
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Fruit.- Edible, yellow to red two-seeded
berries.
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Foliage: Evergreen, dark-green, rough like
sandpaper.
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Bark: Thick, furrowed bark, gray to reddish-brown.
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Growth rate: Moderate.
REQUIREMENTS:
MAINTENANCE:
Avoid planting over heavily-traveled
walkways where fruit would be crushed; generally not subject to disease. Propagation: Seed, root
suckers.
NATIVE HABITAT:
Wooded areas near rivers and resacas.
WILDLIFE USE:
Flowers heavily used by butterflies and bees; fruit by birds; cover,
nest sites.
COMMENTS:
Deep shade; spring blooms look like the tree is covered with snow; unusual mature trunks look like several corded trunks
have been bound together.
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