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sandrem wrote: Hello, I live in florida and these trees can be found growing in almost everyone's yard at some level of growth and development.
It just so happens that I love the way they smell (a kind of citrus-y piney smell), and would love to make tea from them. I can't for the life of me figure out what they are though.
The newer growth and seedlings grow on green branches and stems, which slowly turn to a rough but thinner bark (a few cm thick) that's lighter brown.
They produce many berries which start out green and end up black. I always thought they were some type of ficus, but the berries don't look "fig"-like, nor are the branches and green-wood reminiscent of a ficus. The wood itself is sturdy and strong, and snaps when broken.
The berries are about .5-1cm in diameter and form on structures which look sort of like small green suction cups. Here are some pictures (this is a new plant with about half a years growth or so, it's mixed in with other shrubs, but I got close-ups too):
