Christmasberry
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Christmasberry can refer to any one of several eudicot shrubs or small trees, as well as their colorful fruit:
- Lycium carolinianum (Carolina Desert-thorn, family Solanaceae), a boxthornBoxthornBoxthorn is a genus of the nightshade family , containing about 90 species of plants native throughout much of the temperate and subtropical zones of the world...
native to subtropical North America - Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon or California Holly, family Rosaceae), native to southern California and northern Mexico
- Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian Pepper, family Anacardiaceae), native to South America but introduced and invasive in many tropical and subtropical areas