Calycophyllum candidissimum

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Calycophyllum}}

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|image=Calycophyllum candidissimum in Managua.jpg

|image_caption=In Managua

|image2=Canelo Calycophyllum candidissimum (Vahl.) DC..JPG

|image2_caption=Flowers

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author1=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |year=2019 |title=Calycophyllum candidissimum |page=e.T61957677A150112869 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61957677A150112869.en |access-date=29 July 2023 }}

|genus=Calycophyllum

|species=candidissimum

|authority=(Vahl) DC.

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|synonyms=

• Macrocnemum candidissimum {{small|Vahl}}
• Mussaenda candida {{small|Poir.}}
• Mussaenda candidissima {{small|(Vahl) Schult.}}

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Calycophyllum candidissimum, the degami, dagame, or lemonwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to southern Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.{{cite POWO |id=745241-1 |title=Calycophyllum candidissimum (Vahl) DC. |access-date=18 December 2021 }} It is found in the ecoregion of Central American dry forests.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0209 |title=Central America: Patches scattered through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica |website=World Wildlife Fund |date= |last=Andraka |first=Sandra |editor-last=Guariguata |editor-first=Manuel |access-date=29 July 2023 }} It is the national tree of Nicaragua.{{cite web |url=https://botanyphoto.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/2008/04/calycophyllum_candidissimum/ |title=Calycophyllum candidissimum |last1=Mosquin |first1=Daniel |date=15 April 2008 |website=Botany Photo of the Day |publisher=UBC Botanical Garden |access-date=18 December 2021 }}