Cyrilla racemiflora aka Black Titi

Cyrilla racemiflora, also known as Swamp Cyrilla or Titi, is the sole species in the genus Cyrilla and is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. It can be found from southeastern Texas to southeastern Virginia in the United States, south through the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America to northern Brazil and Venezuela in South America. This evergreen, semi-evergreen or tardily deciduous tree has smooth, cinnamon-colored young bark and flaky mature bark, and can develop into a small tree with contorted stems. It prefers moist to wet well-drained sandy loam high in organic matter in full sun to partial shade, but can tolerate drier sites as long as adequate moisture is provided during dry periods. Showy white clusters of summer flowers and orange-red fall color make Cyrilla racemiflora a nice ornamental tree for the home landscape. It can also form thickets providing cover for wildlife, especially in wet sites. In the upper mountain forests of Puerto Rico, Cyrilla racemiflora is a large dominant tree known as palo colorado ("red tree") because of its reddish-brown bark and wood. Bees produce a dark honey from the flowers.