A genus of shrubs and small trees found in southwestern North America, producing small edible berries.
From New Latin, likely derived from a Native American language or Spanish colonial name. The exact etymology is uncertain, but reflects the taxonomic naming of plants from the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Condalia is a classic example of how plant names sometimes come from indigenous or colonial Spanish sources rather than pure Greek and Latin—and these shrubs have been used by Southwest tribes for food and medicine for thousands of years.
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