[Specimen details]

Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Hendry Co.: Clewiston. Off US 27. 26° 45' 15" N 80° 56' 1" W
Description One tree. Up to 6 m tall with full crown, pendulous branches. [Fruits red, edible].
Habitat Unbuilt lot.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector O. K. Lakela 28600
Collection Date 09 May 1965
Accession Number 64233
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Hendry Co.: Clewiston. 26° 45' 15" N 80° 56' 1" W
Description Single, round-topped tree.
Habitat Vacant lot.
Reproductive State Bud Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector O. K. Lakela 28468
Collection Date 04 Apr 1965
Accession Number 63666
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Hendry Co.: Clewiston. N side of US 27. 26° 45' 15" N 80° 56' 1" W
Description One tree. Tree to ca. 6 m tall, with full, rounded crown; leaves oblique, tomentose; flowers white.
Habitat Margin of back lawn.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector O. K. Lakela 25764
Collection Date 31 Mar 1963
Accession Number 55571
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Monroe Co.: Big Pine Key. Sands subdivision.
Description Twigs and fruit very pubescent; flowers off-white; fruit globose, glossy, purplish-black.
Habitat In a hammock border.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9697
Collection Date 20 May 1981
Accession Number 180108
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 67530
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Miami-Dade Co.: Everglades National Park. Sesal Hammock, 16.1 mi. W of entrance gate, near lake. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Frequent. Ca. 3 m tall; leaves bright green above, pale green below; petals white, sepals pale green; anthers yellow; ovary light green, immature fruit green, ripe fruit red.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. R. Smith 660
with T. Myint, F. Craighead
Collection Date 09 Aug 1961
Accession Number 47216
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Miami-Dade Co.: Homestead. Residential area, SW 153 Avenue - 306 Street. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Description Volunteer in lawn. Tree; leaves viscid; corolla white, fugacious.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector A. Herndon 1752
Collection Date 25 May 1987
Accession Number 202554
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Monroe Co.: Monroe County owned (unnamed) preserve, NE corner of Avenue F and Sands Road, ca. 0.24 mi. N of US 1, ca. 29 air mi. NE of downtown Key West. NAD 83, UTM 17N E 464818; N 2728809. 25° 19' 60" N 81° 0' 0" W
Description Several trees.
Habitat Disturbed, cleared weedy lot; associates include Pluchea carolinensis, Swietenia mahagoni, Bidens alba, and Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector S. W. Woodmansee 1989
Collection Date 17 May 2007
Accession Number 249033
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Hillsborough Co.: Leon Gambrells' residence, 6005 Otis Avenue, Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Tree in fruit and flower; 8 to 10 ft. tall.
Habitat Yard.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED; sheet 1 of 2; planted from nursery stock.
Collector M. Gillon
Collection Date 23 Sep 1965
Accession Number 66951
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Miami-Dade Co.: Coconut Grove. 26° 22' 60" N 81° 49' 60" W
Description Small tree, tending to grow crooked, 3.5 m tall; flowers with white petals; fruits dark red, when ripe.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED.
Collector W. T. Gillis
Collection Date 02 May 1970
Accession Number 97773
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Hillsborough Co.: Leon Gambrells' residence, 6005 Otis Avenue, Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Tree in fruit and flower; 8 to 10 ft. tall.
Habitat Yard.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED; sheet 2 of 2; planted from nursery stock.
Collector M. Gillon
Collection Date 23 Sep 1965
Accession Number 66952
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 4046
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Dominican Republic. Puerto Plata Prov. Cafemba Point ca. 3 km W of Puerto Plata. 19° 48' 32" N 70° 43' 8" W
Description Tree to 8 m; flowers white.
Habitat Landward side of steep rocky hill (overlying serpentine limestone).
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date 24 Apr 1970
Accession Number 92178
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Cuba. Santa Clara Prov., Cienfuegos Mun.: Soledad, Cienfuegos. 22° 7' 39" N 80° 28' 13" W
Description Tree up to 6 m, with spreading crown; bark gray, slightly shaggy; flowers white; mature fruit white.
Habitat In seboruco or scrub growth of limestone outcrop.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector W. H. Hodge
with R.A. Howard, R.K. Godfrey
Collection Date 26 Aug 1940
Accession Number 10394
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 72280, 22-Jun-2015
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Trema micrantha (33458) 2793
Locality Jamaica. Surrey Co., St. Andrew Par.: Near Dallas Mountain 12.7 mi. E of Kingston near Bull Bay. 18° 0' 0" N 76° 47' 60" W
Habitat Disturbed areas and altered vegetation along roadside.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long
with K.J. Norstog
Collection Date 23 Sep 1971
Accession Number 102137
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Ecuador. Esmeraldas Prov. 18 km S on Muisne Road from junction with Esmeraldas-Santo Domingo road; 10 km N of Atacames. 0° 56' 51" N 79° 38' 25" W
Description Common small tree; flowers white; fruit green.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Wunderlin, R. P. Sauleda, J. Wiersema, M. Ragan, L. Davenport, & H. Luther
Collection Date 31 Jul 1980
Accession Number 151790
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Guatemala. El Progreso Dept. E slopes of Motagua Valley near Baja Verapaz border, along highway 17 to Cobán, 21.5-22 km by road WNW of junction with highway 9. 14° 58' 0" N 90° 11' 0" W
Description Common weedy tree, to 4 m tall, much branched, branches forming flat sprays, flowers white, stamens yellow, fruit green.
Habitat Low deciduous thorn forest dominated by minosoid legumes on serpentine; mesic ravine.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 850 m
Specimen Notes
Collector G. J. Breckon
with M. E. Breckon
Collection Date Jul 1976
Accession Number 143333
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Mexico. San Luis Potosí Southermost tip of Sierra Tanchipa or Boca del Abra, E edge of El Abra, 10.3 km (by road) E of Ciudad Valles on MEX 110. 21° 57' 60" N 98° 53' 0" W
Description A single small tree seen, this 4.2 m tall, 7.6 cm dbh; flowers odorless; petals white; ripe fruit dull red suffused with green, globose sweet-flavored.
Habitat Tropical deciduous forest, canopy trees 4.6-10.7 m tall, with spiny legumes, Bursera simarouba, and Ficus in large limestone canyon.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector T. S. Cochrane
with D. A. Kolterman & B. A. Cochrane
Collection Date 07 Aug 1978
Accession Number 140734
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 69656
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Costa Rica. Guanacaste Prov. Rio Higueron, ca. 2 km SE Est. Exp. Enrique Jimenez Nunez. 10° 21' 2" N 85° 3' 9" W
Habitat Riparian forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 10 m
Specimen Notes
Collector M. McDiarmid
Collection Date 11 Sep 1973
Accession Number 127792
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Mexico. 19° 24' 36" N 99° 10' 32" W
Description Perenne; fruto amarillo; flor blanca.
Habitat Suelo arcilloso negro profundo; veg primaria.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector G. Martínez Calderón
Collection Date 05 Jun 1970
Accession Number 120497
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. Pulapanzack, 45 km SE de la ciudad de San Pedro Sula. 15° 15' 0" N 88° 34' 0" W
Description Arbol 6 m de alt, fruto comestible.
Habitat Bosque muy húmedo subtropical.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 600 m
Specimen Notes
Collector Z. Nolasco
Collection Date 04 May 1985
Accession Number 195728
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. La Lima, 14 km NE de San Pedro Sula. 14° 7' 60" N 88° 46' 0" W
Description Arbusto de 1.5 m, fruto verde.
Habitat Bosque seco tropical.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 30 m
Specimen Notes
Collector J. M. Berríos
Collection Date 20 Apr 1984
Accession Number 195450
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Valle Dept. Alrededores de San Lorenzo.
Description Arbusto 3 m flor blanca.
Habitat Bosque seco tropical.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 33 m
Specimen Notes
Collector E. J. Paredes
Collection Date 28 Apr 1984
Accession Number 195373
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 71779
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Mexico. Hidalgo, San Antonio el Grande Mun.: 20° 17' 36" N 98° 2' 6" W
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector E. Romero L.
with C. Basilio G.
Collection Date 12 Aug 1998
Accession Number 224878
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Francisco Morazán Dept. Santa Lucía, 10 km NE de Tegucigalpa. 14° 15' 0" N 87° 10' 0" W
Description Arbol 3 m.
Habitat Bosque premontano húmedo.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1400 m
Specimen Notes
Collector C. Bendeck
Collection Date 27 Apr 1985
Accession Number 195179
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. Alrededores del Lago de Yojoa.
Description Arbol 5 m flores blancas.
Habitat Bosque muy húmedo subtropical.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 600 m
Specimen Notes
Collector L. Martínez
Collection Date 22 Mar 1985
Accession Number 195283
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 71779
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Mexico. Oaxaca San Felipe Usila. 17° 52' 18" N 96° 31' 42" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes Chinantec name: o'lei hma mhlau.
Collector B. Sabino
Collection Date 27 Mar 1990
Accession Number 205186
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Atlántida Dept. Jardin Botánico de Lancetilla, 2 km SW de Tela. 14° 54' 0" N 89° 7' 0" W
Habitat Bosque húmedo tropical.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 5 to 10 m
Specimen Notes
Collector Y. Calderón
Collection Date 19 Apr 1984
Accession Number 195587
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Panama. Canal Zone Prov. Gatun; near locks bridge on W side of the canal. 9° 16' 0" N 79° 57' 0" W
Description Tree ca. 6 m high and 8 in. in DBH; flowers white.
Habitat Secondary growth next to road with Ochroma, Cecropia, and Heliconia.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector K. E. Steiner
Collection Date 14 Oct 1977
Accession Number 260802
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 41328, 2007
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Bolivia. Santa Cruz Dept., Florida Prov.: Gorge of Río Piraí; alongside Samaipata - Santa Cruz highway. 18° 10' 32" S 63° 32' 24" W
Description Occasional small tree ca. 4 m tall and wide; petals white, anthers yellow, fruit green - red when ripe - then edible, sweet.
Habitat Steep slopes below road towards gorge, dry forest with Anadenanthera macrocarpa, the rocky roadside with secondary vegetation of Senna spectabilis, Acacia aroma, Tecoma stans; rocky slope.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Elevation 675 m
Specimen Notes
Collector S. R. Hill
with M. Nee & A. Molina
Collection Date 15 Apr 2007
Accession Number 252897
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. Laguna de Ticamaya; 10 km al NE de San Pedro Sula. 15° 37' 60" N 87° 50' 60" W
Description Arbusto 1 m; flor blanca.
Habitat Bosque seco tropical.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 67 m
Specimen Notes
Collector S. Y. Chévez
Collection Date 18 Mar 1984
Accession Number 196676
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. Pulapanzack, 45 km SW de San Pedro Sula. 15° 15' 0" N 88° 34' 0" W
Habitat Bosque muy húmedo subtropical.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 600 m
Specimen Notes
Collector F. Padilla
Collection Date 20 Apr 1985
Accession Number 195158
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. Alrededores del Lago de Yojoa.
Description Arbusto 3 m fruto verde.
Habitat Bosque muy húmedo tropical.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 600 m
Specimen Notes
Collector S. Palma
Collection Date 22 Mar 1985
Accession Number 195029
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Panama. Canal Zone Prov. Area just below Contractor's Hill.
Description Small tree, ca. 20 ft. tall; petals white.
Habitat Cleared hillside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector W. R. Stimson
Collection Date 02 Jul 1967
Accession Number 83401
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Mexico. Veracruz Highway 147.
Habitat Stream bank and roadside plants near river; tropical trees, area otherwise cultivated.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 300 ft
Specimen Notes
Collector D. Thurm
with C. Dziekanowski, P. Case, D. Dunn, L. Hess, & D. Thurm
Collection Date 09 Aug 1979
Accession Number 148698
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Costa Rica. Guanacaste Prov. 15 mi. NE of Cana.
Habitat Along mountain road in red clay soil, full sun.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector J. E. Poppleton
Collection Date 07 Jan 1974
Accession Number 155997
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458 - Determined By: 76288, 1968
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Panama. Canal Zone Prov. 1 mi. from Contractor Hill.
Description Tree 15 ft.; flowers creamy-white; fruits red when mature.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector M. D. Correa A.
with N. Gonzalez
Collection Date s.d.
Accession Number 83405
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Colombia. Santa Marta Dept. 11° 14' 25" N 74° 12' 40" W
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 1000 ft
Specimen Notes
Collector Herbert H. Smith
Collection Date Nov 1898
Accession Number 57346
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Mexico. Guerrero 1.7 mi. S of El Ocotito, highway 95. 17° 14' 46" N 99° 30' 55" W
Habitat Tropical thorn forest and tree cactus; very rocky soil.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector Dunn
with Dziekanowksi & Bolingbroke
Collection Date 20 Aug 1972
Accession Number 126866
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Muntingia calabura
Family Name Muntingiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Muntingia calabura 33458
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. San Pedro Sula, hacienda Monte Moria. 13° 49' 0" N 88° 22' 60" W
Description Arbol 3 m, flor blanca.
Habitat Bosque seco tropical.
Reproductive State
Elevation 61 m
Specimen Notes
Collector N. Cristoff
Collection Date 16 Apr 1984
Accession Number 195111
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