It is also called anacahuita. It is the name of a plant, whose scientific name is Cordia boissieri, a tree in the family Boraginaceae. It is also called wild olive or wild olive. It is found in northern Mexico and southern Texas. It is the official flower of the State of Nuevo León, in Mexico. I must clarify that in Uruguay, southern Brazil and northern Argentina call anacahuita to another tree, which is a false pepper, pier or pepper ( schinus molle ) of the Anacardiaceae family. It's also called guayubirá, gualeguay. The same is true in Panama and northern Colombia: there they call anacahuita to the tree that is also called panama, Panama tree or camoruco ( Sterculia apetala, of the family Malvaceae). Everyone can have medicinal uses. In Cuba there are several locations called Anacahuita.
