Accession Data

Muntingia calabura

Common Name: Jamaican Cherry

Family: Muntingiaceae

Synonym(s): Muntingia rosea H.Karst.

Country of Origin: tropical America

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3309

Quantity: 2

Source: Top Tropicals

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid II

Order: Malvales

Family: Muntingiaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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2024
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2019

References

  1. Muntingia at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  3. Muntingia calabura at Tropicos. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  4. Muntingia calabura at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
  5. Muntingia calabura at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Monday, June 18, 2018.
  6. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Prenn [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, August 06, 2018.

Images

Muntingia calabura
Muntingia calabura