Bellucia pentamera Naudin GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Bellucia

Family:

Melastomataceae

Nomen number:

412240

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 16:105. 1851

Verified:

01/07/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Bellucia axinanthera Triana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Bellucia costaricensis Cogn.

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Reference(s)

Almeda, F. 2012. Review of Melastomataceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador. Note: mentions
IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1941. Flora of Peru 13(Part IV, 1):498-499. Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Renner, S. S. 1989. Systematic studies in the Melastomataceae: Bellucia, Loreya, and Macairea. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 50:19.
Ulloa, C. 2008. Melastomataceae. Enciclopedia de las plantas útiles del Ecuador Note: Quito, Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Common names

Spanish
coronillo –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Acre
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapá
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Goiás
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Maranhão
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Roraima
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador

Native
Northern America

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Guadeloupe
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Roraima]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni], Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Cultivated
Asia-Tropical

Southern America

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit	fide New World Fruits; Almeda, pers. comm.	IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).