Caloncoba echinata (Oliv.) Gilg

Caloncoba (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Achariaceae > Caloncoba

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 8 m tall. It does not have thorns on its branches. The leaves are thin and leathery. They are 15 cm long and oblong. They have a short point at the tip. They are wedge shaped at the base. The flowers are white and have short stems. The fruit is round and very spiny. It is yellow or orange and filled with many seeds.
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Fruit orange or reddish when ripe
Forest tree, to 20 ft. high
Flowers white
Seeds black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.1 - 8.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the under-storey of closed rain-forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten and also used for a sweet drink.
Uses food fuel gene source material medicinal poison
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Skin (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Caloncoba echinata world distribution map, present in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cuba, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, and Trinidad and Tobago

Conservation status

Caloncoba echinata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:365009-1
WFO ID wfo-0000923623
COL ID PYLX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caloncoba echinata Oncoba echinata