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Species
Chrysobalanus icaco L.
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EOL Text
Árbol pequeño o arbusto.
Habit: Tree
Árbol pequeño o arbusto de 3 a 6 m de altura. Ramitas de ennegrecidas a rojizas; estípulas pequeñas. Hojas simples, alternas, de 2-8 por 1,2-6 cm, de orbiculares a ovado-elípticas, ápice de redondeado o retuso, glabras, con borde entero. Inflorescencias tipo cimas, terminales o axilares. Flores blancas, con de 12 a 26 estambres.
Frutos tipo drupa, de 2 a 5 cm de largo, de ovados a obovados, rosados, púrpura o casi negros cuando maduros; la pulpa es blanca, dulce, jugosa y comestible. Se caracteriza por su porte achaparrado o arbustivo, y las hojas casi redondeadadas, con el ápice por lo general emarginado. También por encontrarse principalmente en la costa.Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 0.5
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License | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
Source | http://www.iobis.org/mapper/?taxon_id=783518 |
Prefiere sitios costeros con suelos arenosos.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: Widely distributed, mainly in coastal areas, from Mexico through Central America on both coasts, Florida, throughout the West Indies and Bahamas, around the northern and eastern coast of South America from Colombia to southern Brazil, in the coastal regions of West Africa from Guinea to Angola, and naturalized in the Seychelles and Fiji.
Common
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | Kenfack, David, Kenfack, David, Vascular Plants of Korup National Park |
Source | http://korupplants.lifedesks.org/pages/448 |