Morisonia frondosa (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Capparaceae > Morisonia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Morisonia frondosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77183570-1
WFO ID wfo-0001423766
COL ID 44DWK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 852763
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Capparidastrum frondosum Capparis arrabidae Capparis flexuosa Capparis frondosa Capparis stenophylla Capparis triflora Pleuteron frondosa Capparis petiolaris Capparis commutata Capparis cuneata Uterveria frondosa Morisonia frondosa