ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 571

  • Scientific Name: Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth
  • Synonym: Byrsonima coriacea (Sw.) DC.
  • Family: Malpighiaceae
  • Trade Name: Maricao
  • Common Name: Wild cherry, Nance, Muric
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: വൈൽഡ് ചെറി
  • Native: Mexico to Tropical America
  • Specimen from:
  • Region: Puerto Rico, West Indies
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Tree, 4-13 m tall,bark fissured and lenticellate; wood dull reddish-brown, hard, heavy; leaves opposite, obovate to elliptic or ovate. Flowers many, yellow, becoming red-orange in age.Drupe ovate-globose, glabrous.
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