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Accession Data:

Muntingia calabura L.

  • Common Name: Jamaican Cherry
  • Family: Muntingiaceae
  • Synonym(s): Muntingia rosea H.Karst.

  • Country of Origin: tropical America
  • Habitat: disturbed lowland areas from sea level to 1000m

  • Uses: A sweet juicy flesh, they are very good to eat out of hand and can also be used in jams, tarts, pies etc. The fruit is about 12mm in diameter and has a high vitamin C content. 5

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800038
  • Source: Top Tropicals
  • Accession Date: 06-07-2018
  • Bench: 3309 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-15-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Muntingiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • Edible Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southwest / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / Bolivia / Ecuador / Galapagos / Peru

References (external):

  1. Muntingia at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  3. Muntingia calabura at Tropicos. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  4. Muntingia calabura at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  5. Muntingia calabura at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Monday, June 18, 2018.
  6. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Prenn [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, August 06, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 15 May 2024 11:57:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Muntingia calabura

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