Christmasberry Explained

Christmasberry (also Christmas berry or Christmas-berry) can refer to any one of several shrubs or small trees, as well as their colorful fruit:

• Ardisia crenata, native to Asia and Australia
• Crossopetalum ilicifolium
• Lycium carolinianum (Carolina desert-thorn, family Solanaceae), a boxthorn native to subtropical North America
• Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon or California holly, family Rosaceae), native to southern California and northern Mexico
• Passerina ericoides, a South African shrub
• Photinia villosa
• Ruscus aculeatus cultivar 'Christmas Berry'
• Schinus terebinthifolia (Brazilian pepper, family Anacardiaceae), native to South America but introduced and invasive in many tropical and subtropical areas

See also

• Christmas bush