Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.

First published in Encycl. 3: 52 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Introduced into:

India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Flora of the Cayman Islands

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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
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  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1987). Flore des Mascareignes 51-62: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
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  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • F.M. 27: 57 (1979)
  • F.Z. 1(2): 517 (1961)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Hiep [4] Vietnam K001045562 No
Jan 1, 1991 Devia A., W. [3192] Colombia K001485475 Yes
Gardner [1474] K000965670 Yes
Barkley, F.A.; Klevens, M.J.; Gutierrez V., G. [17c372] Colombia K001485444 Yes
Figueroa, D.A.I [DIF124] Mexico K001574272 Yes
Diaz, J.; Di Sacco, A.; Contreras, M.P. [70] Colombia K001577157 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Barreto dos Santos, A.J.; Moreira, G.A.; Pereira, J.B. [15103] Brazil K001604796 Yes
Gardner [934] Brazil K000965679 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000965677 Yes
Blanchet [s.n.] Brazil K000965662 Yes
Spruce [670] Brazil K000965680 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [6111] Brazil K000965671 Yes
Burchell [6078] Brazil K000965661 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1141] K001112209 Unknown Type Material Yes
Swainson [s.n.] Brazil K000965664 Yes
Moore, S. [578] Brazil K000965672 Yes
Mosén [4025] Brazil K000965676 Yes
Ule, E. [9607] Brazil K000965669 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [11745] Brazil K000965657 Yes
Blanchet [s.n.] Brazil K000965663 Yes
Burchell [25] Brazil K000965665 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Arbelaez, A. [1348] Bolivia K000295448 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K000965684 Yes
Burchell [6362-2] Brazil K000965673 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K000965674 Yes
Thomas, W. [4581] Brazil K001212976 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.E.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5355] Brazil K000965658 Yes
Glaziou [11797] Brazil K000965683 Yes
Gardner [933] Brazil K000965667 Yes
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] K000965668 Yes
Ule, E. [9606] Brazil K000965681 Yes
Gardner [934] Brazil K000965659 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1141] India K001112211 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1141] K001112208 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [8081] Brazil K000965678 Yes
Glaziou, M. [9641] Brazil K000965682 Yes
Glocker [99] Brazil K000965666 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III/280] Brazil K000965675 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1141] India K001112210 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colombia K001485443 Yes
Colombia K001485445 Yes
Panama K001485446 Yes
Venezuela K001485447 Yes
Venezuela K001485448 Yes
Venezuela K001485449 Yes
Venezuela K001485450 Yes
Ecuador K001485451 Yes
Ecuador K001485452 Yes
Ecuador K001485453 Yes
Ecuador K001485454 Yes
Peru K001485455 Yes
Peru K001485456 Yes
Peru K001485457 Yes
Peru K001485458 Yes
Peru K001485459 Yes
Peru K001485460 Yes
Peru K001485461 Yes
Peru K001485462 Yes
Peru K001485464 Yes
Peru K001485465 Yes
Peru K001485466 Yes
Peru K001485467 Yes
Peru K001485468 Yes
Peru K001485469 Yes
Peru K001485470 Yes
Peru K001485471 Yes
Peru K001485472 Yes
Peru K001485473 Yes
Colombia K001485474 Yes
Colombia K001485476 Yes
Colombia K001485477 Yes
Colombia K001485478 Yes
Colombia K001485479 Yes
Colombia K001485480 Yes
Colombia K001485481 Yes
Colombia K001485482 Yes
Colombia K001485483 Yes
Colombia K001485484 Yes
Ecuador K001485485 Yes
Ecuador K001485486 Yes
Ecuador K001485487 Yes
Ecuador K001485488 Yes
Ecuador K001485489 Yes
Ecuador K001485490 Yes
Ecuador K001485491 Yes
Ecuador K001485492 Yes
Ecuador K001485493 Yes
Ecuador K001485494 Yes
Ecuador K001485495 Yes
Ecuador K001485496 Yes
Ecuador K001485497 Yes
Ecuador K001485498 Yes
Colombia K001485499 Yes
Colombia K001485500 Yes
Colombia K001485501 Yes
Colombia K001485502 Yes
Colombia K001485503 Yes
Colombia K001485504 Yes
Colombia K001485505 Yes
Colombia K001485506 Yes
Colombia K001485507 Yes
Colombia K001485508 Yes
Venezuela K001485509 Yes
Venezuela K001485510 Yes
Venezuela K001485511 Yes
Venezuela K001485512 Yes
Venezuela K001485513 Yes
Venezuela K001485514 Yes
Venezuela K001485515 Yes
Venezuela K001485516 Yes
Venezuela K001485517 Yes
Venezuela K001485518 Yes
Venezuela K001485519 Yes
Bang, M. [2217] Bolivia Guazuma coriacea K000381035 Unknown Type Material Yes

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