Also called American Olive, the Devilwood is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a narrow crown of glossy, leathery leaves, clusters of white, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers in early spring, and dark blue fruit that looks like small olives. It was named “Devilwood” because the fine-textured wood is difficult to split and work. Height: 30’
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Cartrema
Species: Cartrema americana
Habitat
Forest, Wetland
Distribution
Native to southeastern North America, in the United States from Virginia to Texas, and in Mexico from Nuevo León south to Oaxaca and Veracruz.