View source for Coccoloba ← Coccoloba You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Coccoloba |accepted_authority=Browne |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica, |place=209. 1756 |year=1756 }} |common_names=Sea-grape |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Coccoloba |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Coccoloba]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek, coccos, seed or berry, and lobos, capsule or pod, alluding to fleshy hypanthium surrounding fruit |volume=Volume 5 |mention_page=page 216, 218, 479, 480 |treatment_page=page 483 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, evergreen;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture">roots woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect or spreading, glabrous or pubescent distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;cauline leaf arrangement;cauline leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, cauline, alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="ocreum duration;ocreum texture">ocrea often deciduous, membranous to coriaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape">blade lanceolate to round or transversely elliptic, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence shape;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, racemelike, pedunculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction;whole_organism growth form;flower architecture;flower architecture;base shape"><b>Flowers </b>functionally unisexual, some plants having only staminate flowers, others with only pistillate flowers, base stipelike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth shape;perianth pubescence">perianth white or greenish white, campanulate, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal architecture;tepal architecture">tepals 5, connate proximally, sepaloid, monomorphic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;flower quantity;perianth size"><b>Staminate </b>flowers 1–7 per ocreate fascicle, perianth nonaccrescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 8;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament fusion;filament fusion;filament pubescence">filaments connate at base, adnate to perianth, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther coloration;anther coloration;anther shape">anthers white or bluish white, elliptic to round;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pistil prominence">pistil rudimentary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;flower quantity;perianth size;perianth texture"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers 1 per ocreate fascicle, perianth accrescent and fleshy in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="stamen prominence">stamens rudimentary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="style quantity;style orientation;style fusion">styles 3, erect, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigmas capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="achene coloration;achene architecture;achene shape;achene pubescence;perianth-tube texture"><b>Achenes </b>usually included in fleshy perianth-tube, brown to black, unwinged, bluntly 3-gonous, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties=""><b>Seeds:</b> embryo straight.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="embryo course;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical;s North America (including Mexico);West Indies;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species ca. 120 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The hypanthium usually completely invests the achene in both species of Coccoloba in the flora, becoming juicy and somewhat astringent at maturity. The fruits of C. uvifera are edible raw or are used to make jelly or wine (E. L. Little Jr. et al. 1969). Both species also enjoy some popularity in landscaping due to their attractive fruiting racemes and evergreen foliage, which on the two species in the flora is bronze colored when young (R. A. Howard 1958).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades lanceolate, ovate, obovate, or elliptic, length usually 2-3 times width |[[Coccoloba diversifolia|Coccoloba diversifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades round to transversely elliptic, length equaling or less than width |[[Coccoloba uvifera|Coccoloba uvifera]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Coccoloba |author=Craig C. Freeman |authority=Browne |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Polygonaceae |illustrator=Bee F. Gunn |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Tropical;s North America (including Mexico);West Indies;Central America;South America |reference=None |publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica, |publication year=1756 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V5/V5_1008.xml |subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae |genus=Coccoloba |achene architecture=unwinged |achene coloration=brown;black |achene pubescence=glabrous |achene shape=3-gonous |anther coloration=bluish white;white |anther shape=elliptic;round |base shape=stipelike |blade shape=lanceolate;round or transversely elliptic |cauline leaf architecture=petiolate |cauline leaf arrangement=alternate |embryo course=straight |filament fusion=adnate;connate |filament pubescence=glabrous |flower architecture=pistillate;staminate;pistillate;staminate |flower quantity=1;1;7 |flower reproduction=unisexual |inflorescence architecture=pedunculate |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |inflorescence shape=racemelike |leaf duration=persistent |margin architecture or shape=entire |ocreum duration=deciduous |ocreum texture=membranous;coriaceous |pedicel presence=absent |perianth coloration=greenish white;white |perianth pubescence=glabrous |perianth shape=campanulate |perianth size=accrescent;nonaccrescent |perianth texture=fleshy |perianth-tube texture=fleshy |pistil prominence=rudimentary |root texture=woody |stamen prominence=rudimentary |stamen quantity=8 |stem orientation=spreading;erect |stem pubescence=pubescent;glabrous |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |style fusion=distinct |style orientation=erect |style quantity=3 |tepal architecture=monomorphic;sepaloid |tepal fusion=connate |tepal quantity=5 |whole_organism duration=evergreen;evergreen |whole_organism growth form=plant;shrub;tree |x chromosome quantity=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Polygonaceae subfam. 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