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Jacaratia spinosa

(Aubl.) A.DC. (1864)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Caricaceae Genus: Jacaratia

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 419 (1864)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Jacaratia spinosa Koloa, Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Valley, Big Valley section, in front of tool shed Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m, stem with prickles, sap milky, leaves glossy above, glaucous beneath. Fruits solitary, pendulous from branches, obvoid-ellipsoid, orange, fleshy, 5-locular. Seeds brownish. Lorence, D.H. 6270 Kauai BISH 1988-08-26
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