Mouriri domingensis Spach

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Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Mouriri

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. it grows 9 m high. The trunk can be 15 cm across. The leaves are 409 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowering stalks are in the axils of leaves or where leaves have fallen and there are 1-8 flowers on each stalk. The fruit are berries with one or two large seeds. The fruit are orange, red or black. They are flattened round shaped and about 1.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. They grow in the moist lowland tropics. It can be in shaded and dry places. It grows up to 760 m altitude.
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Moist coastal forests at elevations up to 90 metres. Also found inland at elevations up to 750 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Liqueur (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Mouriri domingensis world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:573800-1
WFO ID wfo-0001080554
COL ID 44GMB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630184
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Synonyms

Mouriri domingensis Mouriri mexicana Petaloma domingensis Aulacocarpus quadrangularis