Taxon: Calophyllum antillanum Britton

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• calaba   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• galba   (Source: F LAnt ) – English
  
• Santa Maria-tree   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• María   (Source: L West Indies ) – Spanish
  
• Santa María   (Source: L West Indies ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide D.H. Nicolson et al., Smiths CB 77:66. 1991)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide D.H. Nicolson et al., Smiths CB 77:66. 1991)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F Dominica)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (British) - Tortola; Virgin Islands (U.S.) - St. Croix

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [s.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

• also cultivated

References:

• Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 77:66.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. [= C. brasiliense Cambess.].
• Howard, R. A. 1962. Some Guttiferae of the Lesser Antilles. J. Arnold Arbor. 43:397–398. [= C. calaba L.].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [= C. calaba L.].
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. [= C. calaba L.].
• Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1991. Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledonae. Smithsonian contributions to botany vol. 77. 66.
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. [accepts].
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. [= C. brasiliense Cambess.].
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Calophyllum antillanum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Calophyllum antillanum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Calophyllum antillanum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Calophyllum calaba auct. Amer.
  

Check other web resources for Calophyllum antillanum Britton:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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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