Celtis trinervia
Lam.
Three nerved hackberry
CannabaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Antilles, Belize, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America, Virgin Islands, West Indies,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Cannabaceae family, producing edible fruit.
Notes
Also put in the family Ulmaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Cagalera, Raspador, Surrumbo
Celtis petenensis LundellCeltis swartzii Planch.Sponia trinervia Decne
References (5)
- Ekman Herbarium records Haiti
- Grandtner, M. M., 2008, World Dictionary of Trees. Wood and Forest Science Department. Laval University, Quebec, Qc Canada. (Internet database http://www.WDT.QC.ca)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 117
- Plants of Haiti Smithsonian Institute http://botany.si.edu
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
