Herbarium Specimen Details

Brosimum alicastrum
Family Name Moraceae
Currently Accepted Name Brosimum alicastrum Sw. - Determined By: Steyerm.,
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Miami. 25° 46' 27" N 80° 11' 37" W
Description Small tree.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. Wilson
Collection Date 26 Jun 1952
Accession Number 20474
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Brosimum alicastrum
Family Name Moraceae
Currently Accepted Name Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Coconut Grove. Former home of David Fairchild. 26° 22' 60" N 81° 49' 60" W
Description Large tree with short branches; leaves dark green with lighter prominent veins; flower heads tan; juice milky.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector W. T. Gillis 9180
Collection Date 02 May 1970
Accession Number 97919
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Brosimum alicastrum
Family Name Moraceae
Currently Accepted Name Brosimum alicastrum Sw. - Determined By: C. C. Berg, 1985
Locality Costa Rica. Guanacaste Prov. Filadelfia. 10° 26' 40" N 85° 33' 6" W
Description Arbol de 25 o más m de alto; infrutescencia inmadura verde; secreción lechosa abundante; follaje denso.
Reproductive State
Collector L. D. Gómez
with G. Herrera, R. Chacòn
Collection Date 12 Jun 1984
Accession Number 191753
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Brosimum alicastrum
Family Name Moraceae
Currently Accepted Name Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Locality Mexico. Nayarit , Bahía de Banderas Mun. : Brecha hacia Punta El Burro, después de pasar la Cruz de Guanacastle, rumbo a Punta Mita. 20° 46' 22" N 105° 31' 11" W
Description Arbol de 20 m de altura con flores, folliaje para ganado, frutos y semillas comestibles.
Habitat Bosque tropical subperennifolio.
Reproductive State
Elevation 10 to m
Collector M. Cházaro
with O. Montes
Collection Date 13 Aug 1990
Accession Number 209678
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Brosimum alicastrum
Family Name Moraceae
Currently Accepted Name Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Locality Belize. Toledo Distr. Tree no. 885 in Plot 2 in the lowlands of the NE Bladen Nature Reserve. 16° 33' 0" N 88° 43' 0" W
Description Canopy tree 22 cm diameter at breast height; bark gray, smooth.
Habitat In mature-phase evergreen forest on alluvium over limestone.
Reproductive State
Elevation 45 to m
Collector S. W. Brewer
Collection Date 01 Apr 1997
Accession Number 234156
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Brosimum alicastrum
Family Name Moraceae
Currently Accepted Name Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Locality Mexico. Jalisco 1 km W of El Divisadero (1 km W of Villa Guerrero), 18 km ESE of Tomatlan; Vicinity of La Palomita, ca. 25 km ESE of Tomatlan; region of "bosque tropical subdeciduo" (Rzedowski and McVaugh 1966). 19° 52' 60" N 105° 4' 60" W
Description Big tree with 2 cm diameter one-seeded, aendospermous fruits, ground and dried forsoffee, served with canella and sugar; fruit coat also eaten.
Habitat Mature uncut Hura polyandra-Brosimum alicastrum-Bursera (Simaruba?)-Ficus-etc. seasonally dry tropical subdeciduous forest, to 35 m tall and 1 m diameter at breast height, with Pharus, small Ziniberaceae, Acanthaceae, etc. in understory; weeds in pasture; small trees in forest remnants.
Reproductive State
Elevation 350 to m
Collector H. H. Iltis
with M. Nee
Collection Date 14 Jan 1979
Accession Number 173461
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