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Brosimum alicastrum

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Name

Identification
Brosimum uleanum Mildbr. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Brosimum alicastrum [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Brosimopsis acutifolia
  • Brosimum gentlei
  • Helicostylis bolivarensis
  • Helicostylis ojoche
  • Brosimum uleanum
  • Brosimum latifolium
  • Brosimum not on sheet
  • Brosimum columbianum
  • Brosimum alicastrum
  • Alicastrum arboreum
  • Trymatococcus sp.
  • Artocarpus not on sheet
Common name
  • Breadnut, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Brosimum alicastrum Swartz [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Brosimum alicastrum Swartz [family MORACEAE], Prodr., 12. 1788
Alicastrum brownei Kuntze [family MORACEAE]
Information
Trees, to 30 m. Branchlets gray-brown, glabrous. Leaves: stipules clasping, ca. 4 mm; petiole 0.5-0.7 cm. Leaf blade 5-15 × 2-6 cm, base broadly obtuse to rounded, apex obtuse to short-acuminate, nearly cuspidate; surfaces abaxially and adaxially glabrous; veins 12-18 pairs. Inflorescences nearly globose, 3-6 mm diam.; peduncle slender, equal to or shorter than head. Staminate flowers: anther ca. 1 mm diam. Pistillate flowers: style 1.5-8.5 mm; stigmas 0.2-8 mm, unequal. Syncarps yellow, 1.5-2 cm diam.
Phenology
Flowering all year
Altitude range
0-50 m
Distribution
MexicoWest Indies (Cuba and Jamaica)Central American South America.USA Fla.
Discussion
Brosimum alicastrum, native to tropical America, is cultivated in tropical Florida as an ornamental; it rarely escapes.
Native/Introduced
introduced

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