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Muntingia calabura (strawberrytree)

Synonyms: Muntingia calabura var. trinitensis; Muntingia glabra; Muntingia rosea

Wikipedia Abstract

Muntingia calabura, the sole species in the genus Muntingia, is a flowering plant native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and western South America south to Peru and Bolivia. Common names include (English) calabur tree, capulin, Jamaica cherry, Panama berry, strawberry tree, Singapore cherry, Sabah cherry, Bajelly tree; (Tagalog) aratilis, and saresa; and (Cebuano, Ilokano) mansanitas and gasagase in Kannada.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [3]  0.3
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Guanacaste National Park II 85819 Costa Rica  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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♦ 13BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Chaetocercus berlepschi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/09/2012.
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♦ 15Glossophaga longirostris, Wm. David Webster, Charles O. Handley, Jr., and Pascual J. Soriano, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 576, pp. 1-5 (1998)
♦ 16Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 17Lycalopex sechurae (Carnivora: Canidae), E. Daniel Cossios, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(848):1–6 (2010)
♦ 18Phyllonycteris poeyi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), CARLOS A. MANCINA, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(852):41–48 (2010)
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♦ 20Proyecto Tití
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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