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Accession Data:

Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.

  • Common Name: Sea Grape, Kino, Platterleaf
  • Family: Polygonaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: tropical America

  • Description: A native of Florida, used as a coastal area, landscape plant, it does well in areas of high salt and poor soil. The leaves are large and round; the fruit is grape sized, with woody, purple skin covering a thin purple flesh crowning a large seed. They are borne on stalks and ripen individually, falling off easily when picked. The musky sweet flavor is pleasant eaten fresh but best as jelly. Propagated by seeds or air layers.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500604
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1310 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-02-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Polygonaceae
  • SubFamily: Eriogonoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Bee Pollination (melittophily)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. California Rare Fruit Growers WWW Site
  2. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 29 October 2013).
  3. Coccoloba uvifera. (2011, July 3). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 12:58, October 29, 2013
  4. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Accessed on 2013-10-29
  5. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 29 Oct 2013

data regenerated on Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:03:11 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Polygonaceae

Subfamily Eriogonoideae

  • Antigonon leptopus
  • Coccoloba uvifera

Subfamily Polygonoideae
Tribe Polygoneae

  • Reynoutriinae: Fallopia aubertii
  • Reynoutriinae: Homalocladium platycladum
  • Reynoutriinae: Muehlenbeckia complexa

Subfamily Polygonoideae
Tribe Rumiceae

  • Rheum rhabarbarum
  • Rumex acetosa
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