Leaves: blade lanceolate to lanceolate-linear, marginal teeth irregular, abaxial indument more ovary obscurely stipitate, subtended by ring of setiform hairs. Berries red [yellow]. Seeds yellowish, plumply lenticular. x = 15.

Distribution

Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, introduced also in Old World Tropics.

Discussion

Species 1.

Muntingia is widely grown in warm to hot climates for fruit, fiber, and firewood.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Muntingia calabura