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Taxon:
Melicoccus bijugatus
Jacq.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Melicoccus
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Sapindoideae
Nomen number:
70440
Place of publication:
Enum. syst. pl. 19. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 108, t. 72. 1763)
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/622936
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melicoccus bijuga
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P.
2003. Melicocceae (Sapindaceae):
Melicoccus
and
Talisia
. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 87:45-48.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Melicoccus+bijugatus&quantity=1
Funk, V. et al.
2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Howard, R. A.
1973. The
Enumeratio
and
Selectarum
of Nicolaus von Jacquin. J. Arnold Arbor. 54:435-470.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Long, R. W. & O. Lakela.
1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Pittier, H. F. et al.
1945-1947. Catálogo de la flora venezolana.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Common names
English
genip –
Reference(s)
honeyberry –
Reference(s)
Spanish-lime –
Reference(s)
French
kenépier –
Reference(s)
quenette –
Reference(s)
German
Honigbeere –
Reference(s)
Quenepa –
Reference(s)
Spanish
mamoncillo –
Reference(s)
Swedish
honungsbär –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (British)
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Panama
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Africa
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Gabon
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Yucatán]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
Cayman Islands
,
Jamaica
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
Virgin Islands (British)
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Name
References