Common Name:
Photinia
Christmas Berry
About 60 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs Leaves simple, alternate, entire to small toothed, short petiole, leaf-like stipules. Flowers in clusters (panicle or corymb), usually white, 5 petals, 5 sepals which persist on the fruit.
Photinia: from the Greek photeinos, shining, a reference to the glossy leaves.
Pronunciation:
fo-TIN-ee-a
Family:
Rosaceae