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|accepted_name=Trema micrantha
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Blume
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mus. Bot.
|place=2: 58. 1856
|year=1856
}}
|common_names=Florida trema;guacimilla
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rhamnus micranthus
|authority=Linnaeus
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis micranthus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Swartz
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|name=Sponia micrantha
|authority=(Linnaeus) Decaisne
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|name=Trema floridana
|authority=Britton
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|name=Trema melinona
|authority=Blume
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|name=Trema micrantha var. floridana
|authority=(Britton) Standley & Steyermark
}}
|hierarchy=Ulmaceae;Trema;Trema micrantha
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ulmaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Trema]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Trema micrantha]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>to small trees, 2-5.5(-10) m. <b>Bark</b> dark brown, smooth when young, developing small, warty projections in maturity. <b>Branchlets</b> copiously pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to narrowly ovate, 5-6.5(-9) × 2.5-4(-4.5) cm, base oblique to cordate, margins evenly serrate, apex acute to long-acuminate; abaxial surface softly, velvety white-pubescent; venation conspicuous but scarcely raised. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx greenish white. <b>Fruits</b> bright red-orange to yellow, 1.5-3.5 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 20 (from Costa Rica).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering most of year (Mar–Nov).
|habitat=Hammocks and prairies, often weedy along roadsides, in burned areas, and on calcareous ground
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Trema micrantha</i>, as interpreted here, is widespread in tropical regions of the New World. Small-leaved populations may be confused with <i>T. lamarckiana</i>.</p><!--
--><p>The soft wood of <i>Trema micrantha</i> is suitable for the construction of tea chests and match sticks.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Trema micrantha
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Blume
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Celtis micranthus;Sponia micrantha;Trema floridana;Trema melinona;Trema micrantha var. floridana
|basionyms=Rhamnus micranthus
|family=Ulmaceae
|phenology=Flowering most of year (Mar–Nov).
|habitat=Hammocks and prairies, often weedy along roadsides, in burned areas, and on calcareous ground
|illustrator=Bee F. Gunn
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mus. Bot.
|publication year=1856
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_523.xml
|genus=Trema
|species=Trema micrantha
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