Taxon:
Brosimum alicastrum Sw. subsp. alicastrum
Summary
Verified:
05/16/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- (on-line resource). URL: http://mayanutinstitute.org/maya-nut/food/
- Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7:170. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- Berg, C. C. 2001. Moreae, Arocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae) with introductions to the family and Ficus and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83:232. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis.
- Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz. URL: http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
- Roecklein J. C. & P.-S. Leung, eds. 1987. A profile of economic plants. 236. Note: re. uses as cattle forage/fodder
- Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Common names
English
breadnut – Mayanut – Spanish
ojoche – ramón –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Jamaica
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | for cattle | Roecklein J. C. & P.-S. Leung, eds. 1987. A profile of economic plants. 236. Note: re. uses as cattle forage/fodder |
Human food | beverage base | substitute of coffee | Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7:170. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Human food | seeds | | Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7:170. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Human food | starch | substitute of coffee | Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7:170. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Materials | wood | fide C. C. Berg, pers. comm.; F Neotrop 83:233. | Berg, C. C. 2001. Moreae, Arocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae) with introductions to the family and Ficus and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83:232. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |