Morisonia flexuosa L.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Capparaceae > Morisonia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 4.9-7.6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.9 - 7.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.6
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

Uses animal food material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Chewstick (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Morisonia flexuosa world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Morisonia flexuosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316361-2
WFO ID wfo-0000375822
COL ID 44DWJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 634946
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Synonyms

Morisonia flexuosa Capparis declinata Capparis velloziana Cynophalla flexuosa Cynophalla declinata Cynophalla guayaquilensis Capparis eucalyptifolia Capparis eustachiana Capparis flexuosa Capparis laetevirens Capparis laevigata Capparis lanceolata Capparis mollis Capparis subbiloba Colicodendron subbilobum Cynophalla mollis Cynophalla saligna Uterveria eustachiana Capparis saligna Capparis guayaquilensis Capparis pluvialis Capparis sinclairii Capparis cynophallophora var. pubescens Capparis cynophallophora var. saligna Capparis flexuosa var. cordifolia Capparis flexuosa var. saligna Capparis cynophallophora f. laetevirens Capparis guayaquilensis subsp. mollis Capparis flexuosa f. hastata