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Cynophalla flexuosa (falseteeth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cynophalla flexuosa is a 2–4 meter high shrub. Cynophalla flexuosa flowers from early summer to mid summer. The flowers are white to pink, the thin petals are 1.5 cm long. The fruits are green and cylindrical, up to 15 cm long and contain numerous white seeds which are displayed when the ripe fruits splits open. The pulp is bright pink. Cynophalla flexuosa grows in coastal regions from West Indies, Mexico, Central America to South America.
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Predators

Ascia monuste (Great southern white)[1]
Eudromia formosa (Quebracho Crested Tinamou)[2]
Glutophrissa drusilla (Tropical White)[1]
Iguana iguana (Common Green Iguana)[3]
Pithecia pithecia (Guianan saki)[4]

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Citations

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Smith, P. (2014). Natural history observations on the poorly-studied Quebracho Crested Tinamou Eudromia formosa (Aves: Tinamiformes: Tinamidae). Historia Natural, Tercera Serie, 4, 39-44.
♦ 3Optimal foraging of a herbivorous lizard, the green iguana in a seasonal environment, Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Oecologia (1993) 95: 246-256
♦ 4Variation on Frugivory: The Diet of Venezuelan White-Faced Sakis, Marilyn A. Norconk and Nancy Lou Conklin-Brittain, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 25, No. 1, February 2004
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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