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Scientific name:	Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wight & Arn.) Sprague
Common name:	Red firewood

Features:

Ternstroemia gymnanthera are beautiful, small evergreen trees or shrubs with dark brown bark. Their small, dark green, leathery, smooth, glossy, and elliptical leaves tend to cluster at the end of twigs and have red leafstalk. Their flowers are simple, axillary, long-stalked, and light yellowish-white in color, whereas their berries are globose and turn red when mature. Although Ternstroemia gymnanthera are a slow growing species that prefer warm weather, they are quite hardy and able to endure harsh conditions such as drought, excessive moisture, and high temperatures.

Habitat:

Ternstroemia gymnanthera are endemic to Taiwan and can be found throughout the island's tropical areas in mountainous regions at low and middle altitudes.