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Taxon:
Genipa americana
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Genipa
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
Nomen number:
395
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:931. 1759
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
11/06/1985
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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Genipa americana
L. var.
caruto
(Kunth) Schumach.
Genipa caruto
Kunth
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Andersson, L.
A provisional checklist of neotropical Rubiaceae. Scripta Botanica 1. 1992
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
Flora of Java. 1963-1968
Note:
introduced
Boggan, J. et al.
Checklist of the plants of the Guianas. 1992
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Genipa+americana&quantity=1
Fournet, J.
Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. 1978
Hanelt, P., ed.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Howard, R.
Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Kartesz, J. T.
A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
Killeen, T. J. et al.
Guia de arboles de Bolivia. 1993
Lasser, T., ed.
Flora de Venezuela. 1964-
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Soukup, J.
Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970 139.
Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:151-156.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
genip –
Reference(s)
genipap –
Reference(s)
marmalade-box –
Reference(s)
French
confiture de singe –
Reference(s)
génipa –
Reference(s)
Spanish
caruto –
Reference(s)
genipa –
Reference(s)
huito –
Reference(s)
irayol –
Reference(s)
yagua –
Reference(s)
Swedish
genipa –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
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
cult. in neotropics
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Cuba
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
,
Puerto Rico
,
St. Vincent and Grenadines
MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Cultivated
REGION:
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Philippines
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
wood (fide F Guat, as
G. caruto
; Trees Bolivia) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses