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Palo de cana

Mappia racemosa

Family
Icacinaceae (Icacin family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
C. & S. Mexico, Costa Rica to W. Panama, Caribbean
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mappia racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the Icacinaceae family. It is a tree native to central and southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mappia racemosa 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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