Erythroxylum havanense
Jacq.
Bracelet
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Belize, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, South America, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, USA, Venezuela,
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 shrub or tree. The fruit are purple to bright red.
Names & Synonyms
Chilillo, Jiba, Tetilla
Erythroxylum areolatum Poepp. ex Griseb.Erythroxylum chiapense LundellErythroxylum obtusum DC.Erythroxylum ovatum Cav.and others
References (2)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 347
- Kew Plants of the World Online
