Muntingia calabura, B. Hammel 24656--Costa Rica. Limon. Selva Bananito. 12 Apr 08. 419 (8).jpg
Native to Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into 38 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Costa Rica, Limon, Limon
9.826917, -83.070861
Location Remarks
Cuenca del Bananito. Finca Selva Bananito. A lo largo del Río Carbón. 100 m elev.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Isabel Perez-Hammel
Notes
Árbol 3 m.
Location
Nicaragua, Nueva Segovia
13.667778, -86.482306
Location Remarks
Along Highway to Las Manos, 1.5 km N of Mosonte junction N of Ocotal. Roadside and dry forest. 660 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 3 m tall, leaves glandular-sticky, flowers white, fruits green to dark pink.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Muntingiaceae
Genus
Muntingia
Specific Epithet
calabura
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 22.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.2
Global rank
#12,830 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
9%
