Arizona rosewood Rosaceae Vauquelinia californica

Leaf:Alternate, simple, evergreen, lanceolate, 2 to 4 inches long; widely spaced, sharp fine teeth along margin, rounded to broadly pointed tip, leathery, shiny dark green above, paler below, petiole pinkish.
Flower:Small, 1/3 inch across, 5 white petals, appearing in flat, terminal clusters in late spring and summer.
Fruit:Clusters of small (1/4 inch across), woody, reddish brown capsules, persistent.
Twig:Slender, reddish brown with fine gray velvety fuzz covering new growth.
Bark:Smooth reddish gray with horizontal lenticels, later becoming scaly and darker.
Form:A large shrub or small tree with a narrow crown reaching up to 20 feet tall.

leaf fruit twig bark form map

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