Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Passiflora incarnata Pilostyles thurberi Muntingia calabura	Linny Heagy John Myers Linny Heagy

Leaves: blade lanceolate to lanceolate-linear, marginal teeth irregular, abaxial indument more ovary obscurely stipitate, subtended by ring of setiform hairs. Berries red [yellow]. Seeds yellowish, plumply lenticular. x = 15.

Distribution

Introduced; Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, also in Old World Tropics

Discussion

Species 1.

Muntingia is widely grown in warm to hot climates for fruit, fiber, and firewood.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Muntingia calabura