Government Pavilion, C/ Padre Herrera s/n
P.O. Box 456
38200, San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Spain
Switchboard Tel.: (+34) 922 31 90 00
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Canary Islands Flora Garden
Celastraceae
Gymnosporia cassinoides (L'Hér.) Masf.
Peralillo, peradillo, peralito
A shrub up to 8 m tall, highly branched from the base. Leaves alternate, simple, light green turning dark with age, ovate, and toothed at the margins. Whitish flowers arranged in umbel-like clusters in the leaf axils. Fruit a capsule with prominent ribs. In some years, flowering is profuse, covering almost the entire shrub. Endemic to Macaronesia.
