Condalia hookeri

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|image=Condaila hookeri.jpg

|image_caption=Its fruit is edible and may be made into a jelly

|image2=Condalia hookeri.jpg

|image2_caption=Branch with older leaves

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |year=2020 |title=Condalia hookeri |volume=2020 |page=e.T126609442A156821209 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T126609442A156821209.en |access-date=5 September 2023 }}

|genus=Condalia

|species=hookeri

|authority=M.C.Johnst.

|range_map=Condalia hookeri range map 4.png

|range_map_caption=Condalia hookeri range

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• Condalia hookeri var. edwardsiana {{small|(Carey) M.C.Johnst.}}
• Condalia obovata {{small|Hook.}}
• Condalia obovata var. angustifolia {{small|Loes.}}
• Condalia obovata var. edwardsiana {{small|Carey}}

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Condalia hookeri, called the Brazilian bluewood, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Texas and eastern Mexico.{{cite POWO |id=295989-2 |title=Condalia hookeri M.C.Johnst. |access-date=5 September 2023 }} It is a thorny shrub or small tree reaching {{cvt|6|m}} but usually much shorter.{{cite web |url=http://floranorthamerica.org/Condalia_hookeri |title=Condalia hookeri M. C. Johnston Brittonia 14: 362. 1962. |last1=Nesom |first1=Guy L. |date=5 November 2020 |website=Flora of North America |publisher=Flora of North America Association |access-date=5 September 2023 |quote=Common names: Brazilian bluewood }} Typically it is found growing in marginal habitats such as limestone slopes, sandstone bluffs, lunettes, shell ridges, juniper-dominated woodlands, or along watercourses, often in clayey or sandy soils, at elevations from {{cvt|30|to|1300|ft|m|-1|order=flip}}. It may come to dominate an area as a thorny scrubland.{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COHO |title=Condalia hookeri |author= |date=3 October 2022 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=5 September 2023 }}