Folhado (Clethra arborea)
The folhado, a small native tree whose shoots make walking sticks and whose wood is used for spoons and spindles; it is the only Clethra species growing wild outside the Americas.
A small tree of the family Ericaceae, common in Camacha and in many other parts of Madeira. It has oblong or oblong-lanceolate leaves, rusty-pubescent on the petioles and on the veins of the underside, and white, fragrant flowers borne in racemes forming a panicle. The young stems and shoots of this tree make excellent walking sticks or staves, much used on the island, and its wood is made into spoons, spindles, etc.
The folhado (Clethra arborea, a native tree) is a tree peculiar to Madeira and is the only species of the genus Clethra that grows wild outside the Americas.