Morisonia americana L.

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Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Capparaceae > Morisonia

Characteristics

A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Aperient (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Morisonia americana leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Morisonia americana world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Morisonia americana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316366-2
WFO ID wfo-0000375821
COL ID 44DVP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630183
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Morisonia americana Capparis morisonia Capparis racemosa Morisonia elliptica Morisonia johnstonii Morisonia imrayi Morisonia americana var. subpeltata