Accession Data
Muntingia calabura
Common Name: Jamaican Cherry
Family: Muntingiaceae
Synonym(s): Muntingia rosea H.Karst.
Country of Origin: tropical America
Habitat: disturbed lowland areas from sea level to 1000m
Uses: A sweet juicy flesh, they are very good to eat out of hand and can also be used in jams, tarts, pies etc. The fruit is about 12mm in diameter and has a high vitamin C content. 5
Accession Data
Accession #: 201800038
Accession Date: 2018-06-07 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3309
Quantity: 1
Source: Top Tropicals
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid II
Order: Malvales
Family: Muntingiaceae
Flowering Data:
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References
- Muntingia at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
- Muntingia calabura at Tropicos. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
- Muntingia calabura at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
- Muntingia calabura at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Monday, June 18, 2018.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Prenn [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, August 06, 2018.
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