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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia, (pronounced /?h?t?r?'mi?li?z ?r?bju?t?'fo?li?/ more commonly pronounced /h?t?'r?m?li?z/ by California botanists) is a common perennial shrub native to California (down to Baja California).
Toyon is a prominent component of the coastal sage scrub plant community, and is a part of drought-adapted chaparral and mixed oak woodland habitats.It is also known by the common names Christmas berry and California holly.
It is the sole species of Heteromeles, but is closely related to the Asian genus Photinia. It is still included by some botanists, as Toyon was originally described in that genus.
Toyon typically grows from 2–5 m (rarely up 10 m in shaded conditions) and has a rounded to irregular top. Its leaves are evergreen, alternate, sharply toothed, have short petioles, and are 5–10 cm in length and 2–4 cm wide. In the early summer it produces small white flowers 6–10 mm diameter, in dense terminal corymbs.
The five petals are rounded. The fruit is a small pome, 5–10 mm across, bright red and berry-like, produced in large quantities, maturing in the fall and persisting well into the winter
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Kingdom: Plantae, Division: Magnoliophyta, Class: Magnoliopsida, Subclass: Rosidae, Eurosids I, Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae, Subfamily: Maloideae or Spiraeoideae, Tribe:
Genus: Heteromeles
Botanical Name: Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M.Roem.
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