Morisonia cynophallophora (L.) Christenh. & Byng

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Capparaceae > Morisonia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen plant. It grows 6-6.05m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 6.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.6
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 5-6
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Hydropsy (unspecified), Sclerosis (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Aphthae (unspecified), Sclerosis(Liver) (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Gargle (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Morisonia cynophallophora world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Barbados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Morisonia cynophallophora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77183582-1
WFO ID wfo-0001423854
COL ID 44DW5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 636102
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Capparis cynophallophora f. latifolia Quadrella cynophallophora Quadrella gonaivensis Capparis emarginata Capparis obtusa Quadrella jamaicensis Capparis cynophallophora Capparis gonaivensis Capparis jamaicensis Capparis longifolia Capparis pauciflora Capparis siliquosa Capparis torulosa Cynophalla pauciflora Quadrella siliquosa Quadrella jamaicensis f. longifolia Pleuteron torulosa Pleuteron siliquosa Quadrella torulosa Uterveria cynophallophora Capparis lonfifolia Pleuteron hastata Capparis uncinata Morisonia cynophallophora Colicodendron anceps Capparis cynophallophora subsp. brevipetiolata Capparis cynophallophora var. cuneata Capparis cynophallophora var. paraguariensis Capparis cynophallophora var. praemorsa Capparis cynophallophora var. puberula Capparis jamaicensis var. emarginata Capparis jamaicensis var. siliquosa Capparis cynophallophora f. angustifolia Capparis cynophallophora f. emarginata Capparis cynophallophora f. intermedia Capparis cynophallophora f. microphylla Capparis cynophallophora f. ovalifolia Capparis jamaicensis f. longifolia Capparis jamaicensis f. neriifolia Capparis jamaicensis f. ovata Capparis jamaicensis f. sublanceolata