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This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Tropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and for food.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2300 m.
Habit
Herb, Shrub or tree.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Vernacular
Canot-macaque, caiuia.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2300 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Habit
Hierba, arbusto, árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada

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[UPB]
Food
Food (Romero Castañeda 1961).
Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Fiji, Hawaii, Jawa, Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand

English
Curse, Koster's curse, soapbush
Spanish
Múcura, camasey.

Miconia crenata (Vahl) Michelang. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jul 1, 2009 Selatieli, Daeli [SL 1], Indonesia Clidemia hirta K000576072
Jun 1, 2009 Alex Karolus [42], Malaysia Clidemia hirta K000610782
Jan 1, 2003 Argent et al. [961987], Malaysia Clidemia hirta K000610787
May 1, 1998 Souza, M.A.D. [561], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968994
Jan 1, 1971 Prance, G.T. [5201], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968964
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T. [7970], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968954
Jan 1, 1969 Forero, E. [6380], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968960
Jan 1, 1965 Irwin, H.S. [5888], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968962
Jan 1, 1958 Reitz, R. [4650], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968963
Jan 1, 1956 Lima, A. [53-1519], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968995
Harley, R.M. [11343], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968965
McWhirter, J. [98], Madagascar Clidemia hirta 32173.000
Spruce, R. [127], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968956
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968966
Blanchet [s.n.], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968970
Blanchet [3619], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968972
Heringer, E.P. [2761], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968991
Heringer, E.P. [6072], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968992
Salzmann [s.n.], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968968
Dusén, P. [6649], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968961
Smith, D. [313], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968953
Carvalho, A.M.V. [988], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968993
Pickel, D.B. [367], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968957
Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [40], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968969
Costa, M.A.S. [208], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968990
Mexia, Y.E.J. [5412], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968958
Mexia, Y.E.J. [5412], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968959
Miers [3585], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968955
Spruce [1157] Clidemia hirta K000968967
s.coll. [1170], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968973
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968974
Burchell [3474], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968971
Burchell [9367], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968975
Burchell [9400], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968976
Burchell [1131], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968979
Burchell [778], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968980
Burchell [9262], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968981
Martius [496], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968977
Martius [495], Brazil Clidemia hirta K000968978
Ule, E. [5402], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968983
Prance, G.T. [2727], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968987
Prance, G.T. [4320], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968989
Traill, J.W.H. [296], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968984
Traill, J.W.H. [284], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968985
Traill, J.W.H. [293], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968986
Glaziou, A. [21407], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968988
Spruce [1157?], Brazil Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia K000968982

First published in Mabberley's Pl.-Book, ed. 4: 1102 (2017)

Accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (2000). Flora de la Española 9: 1-151. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Science Photographs
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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