Taxon: Muntingia calabura L.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• calabur-tree   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• capulin   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• Jamaica-cherry   (Source: F Jam ) – English
  
• Panama-berry   (Source: F Viti ) – English
  
• strawberry-tree   (Source: Firewood Cr ) – English
  
• bois ramier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• cacaniqua   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• capulín blanco   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• nigua   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish
  
• bolaina yamanaza   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish (Peru)
  
• panamabär   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14; F Viti)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide Trees Bolivia; F Viti; J Econ TaxB 17:295. 1993)
  
• Fuels: potential as fuelwood   (fide Firewood Cr)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide Trees Bolivia; F Guat; F Viti; J Econ TaxB 17:295. 1993)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Western South America: Bolivia; Ecuador - Azuay, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos Islands, Guayas, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi; Peru

• also cultivated

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. [= Elaeocarpaceae].
• Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:178–182.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. [= Elaeocarpaceae].
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Murti, S. K. 1993. Family Elaeocarpaceae in India - Census and observations. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17:295.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 2:223.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Muntingia calabura.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Muntingia calabura.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Muntingia calabura.

Check other web resources for Muntingia calabura L.:

• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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