What is "white titi"

Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]

1. A tree of the southern United States ( Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.

2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi.

n. shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: cyrilla, leatherwood, Cyrilla racemiflora]