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Coccoloba caracasana

Coccoloba caracasana
Photo: Chepetoño (talk), Public domain
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Tree, Climber
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Mexico (Chiapas) to Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Coccoloba caracasana (from Greek kokkolobis, the ancient name given to a vine by the appearance of its fruit) is a tree in the family Polygonaceae. It is known by the common name papaturro.

Other Coccoloba plants

Coccoloba cereifera · Tietongue · Coccoloba gigantifolia · Coccoloba padiformis · Grandleaf seagrape · Uvera · Coccoloba spicata · Coccoloba tuerckheimii · Seagrape · Coccoloba

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coccoloba caracasana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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