Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. icaco Sol. ex Sabine

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Chrysobalanaceae > Chrysobalanus > Chrysobalanus icaco

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees 1–5 m; stems usually arising singly. Twigs reddish, glabrate, lenticels elliptic, pith tan; bark striate. Leaves: stipules ovate, 0.8–2.5 mm; petiole 2–3 mm; blade broadly elliptic, broadly ovate or broadly obovate, 3.5–6 × 3–5 cm, length 1.2–1.5 times width, base cuneate, obtuse, or rounded, margins revolute, apex emarginate, rounded or obtuse, surfaces glabrescent except for scattered hairs along midvein. Thyrses: rachis densely hairy; bracteoles caducous, sessile, ovate, 1.5 mm. Flowers: hypanthium 2.5–3 mm; sepals ovate to triangular, 1 mm, both surfaces densely strigose; petals white, spatulate to narrowly spatulate, 3.5–4 mm, glabrous, margins erose, apex obtuse. Drupes white, yellow-green, pink, red, dark purple, or black, (1.2–)1.5–2(–2.5) cm; endocarp 6-ribbed with secondary ribs. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.07 - 7.07
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses cooking drinks dye eating food tanning technical
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Distribution

Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. icaco world distribution map, present in Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Barbados, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Liberia, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Malawi, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Singapore, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Suriname, Seychelles, Togo, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Samoa, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77169884-1
WFO ID wfo-0000834259
COL ID 5GFQQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 898530
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Synonyms

Chrysobalanus ellipticus Chrysobalanus purpureus Chrysobalanus savannarum Chrysobalanus stuhlmannii Chrysobalanus pellocarpus Chrysobalanus icaco f. albus Chrysobalanus interior Chrysobalanus luteus Chrysobalanus orbicularis Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. ellipticus Chrysobalanus icaco var. luteus Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. orbicularis Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. pellocarpus Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. icaco Chrysobalanus icaco var. ellipticus Chrysobalanus icaco var. macrocarpus Chrysobalanus icaco var. roseus