Muntingia

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 509. 1753.

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Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 225. 1754.

Introduced
Etymology: For Abraham Munting, 1626 – 1683 Dutch botanist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 185.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P20 Passiflora incarnata.jpegPassiflora 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

... more about "Muntingia"
John L. Strother +
Linnaeus +
connate +
lanceolate;lanceolate-linear +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +  and also in Old World Tropics +
For Abraham Munting, 1626 – 1683 Dutch botanist +
spheric +
simple +, multicellular +  and unicellular +
setiform +
stipitate +  and petiolate +
distinct +
Sp. Pl. +  and Gen. Pl. ed. +
1753 +  and 1754 +
lenticular +
connate +  and distinct +
Introduced +
decurrent +
filiform +  and subulate +
Muntingia +
Muntingiaceae +
tree +  and shrub +