Jacquinia pungens

Taxobox
name = "Jacquinia pungens"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "J. pungens" flowers
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Theophrastaceae
genus = "Jacquinia"
species = "J. pungens"
binomial = "Jacquinia pungens"
binomial_authority = A.Gray

"Jacquinia pungens" (syn. "Jacquinia macrocarpa" subsp. "pungens") is a species of flowering plant in the family Theophrastaceae, native to southern Mexico. It is a shrub growing to 4 m tall, with lanceolate to oblong evergreen leaves 4-7 cm long, with a sharply pointed apex. The flowers are yellow, orange, or red, produced in tight racemes. The fruit is a yellow berry.