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|accepted_name=Muntingia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 509. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 225. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Muntingiaceae;Muntingia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Muntingiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Muntingia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Abraham Munting, 1626 – 1683 Dutch botanist
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 185
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> blade lanceolate to lanceolate-linear, marginal teeth irregular, abaxial indument more ovary obscurely stipitate, subtended by ring of setiform hairs. <b>Berries</b> red [yellow]. <b>Seeds</b> yellowish, plumply lenticular. <b>x</b> = 15.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Old World Tropics.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p><i>Muntingia</i> is widely grown in warm to hot climates for fruit, fiber, and firewood.</p>
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name=Muntingia
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Muntingiaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Old World Tropics.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Muntingia
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