Pinckneya bracteata Rubiaceae Leaves are simple, opposite, deciduous, large, elliptical and hairy underneath.
Twigs are red-brown and hairy with prominent lenticels.
Bark is brown and scaly. Flowers are surrounded by rose to pale pink, showy sepals. Fruit is a woody, bumpy capsule that splits in half. Fever-tree is usually a shrub found in swamps and bogs of the southeastern Coastal Plain. Click on photo to enlarge.