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Margaritaria nobilis (bastard hogberry)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Margaritaria nobilis, also known as bastard hogberry, is a fruit-bearing plant found in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. The fruit is a bright iridescent blue color, resulting from a complex surface structure which interferes with light waves.
View Wikipedia Record: Margaritaria nobilis

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [3]  0.557
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Predators

Brycon hilarii[4]
Pionus maximiliani (Scaly-headed Parrot)[5]
Ramphastos vitellinus (Channel-billed Toucan)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Wood specific gravity of trees and forest types in the southern Peruvian Amazon, Deborah W. Woodcock, ACTA AMAZONICA 30(4): 589-599. 2000
♦ 4Frugivory by the fish Brycon hilarii (Characidae) in western Brazil, Paula Reys, Jose ́ Sabino, Mauro Galetti, Acta Oecologica (2008) I–6
♦ 5Seasonal abundance and feeding ecology of parrots and parakeets in a lowland Atlantic forest of Brazil, Mauro Galetti, Ararajuba 5(2):115-126 (1997)
♦ 6Frugivory by Toucans (Ramphastidae) at Two Altitudes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Mauro Galetti, Rudi Laps and Marco A. Pizo, BIOTROPICA 32(4b): 842-850 (2000)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0