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Bahama Stopper

Mosiera longipes

Also called Longstalked Stopper, Mangrove Berry, Wild Guava, Vieques Esland Guava, Long Stalk Stopper, Mangroveberry

Bahama Stopper
Photo: Dsandii, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. Florida to Caribbean
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mosiera longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. Its common names include mangroveberry, Bahama stopper, and long-stalked stopper. It is a tree native to parts of the Caribbean and southern Florida.

The species is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List and shows a declining population trend.

Where it grows

Mangroveberry occurs in the Bahamas, Florida, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, but may have been extirpated from Puerto Rico.

Other Mosiera plants

Mosiera havanensis · Mosiera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mosiera longipes 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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