Coccoloba venosa L.

False chiggergrape (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Coccoloba

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 10 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The crown is spreading and branches almost horizontal. The leaves are in 2 rows and drooping. They are oval. The fruit are white to pink and fleshy. They are 8 mm long and egg shaped. They have an edible lobed calyx around a shiny black seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry coastal regions.
More
Dry coastal areas in Puerto Rico.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw.
Uses wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Coccoloba venosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Coccoloba venosa world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:693921-1
WFO ID wfo-0000613440
COL ID WL6D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629383
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Coccoloba trianaei Coccoloba venosa Coccoloba molinae Coccoloba nivea Coccoloba viridis Guaiabara venosa Coccoloba ferruginea Coccoloba venosa f. major