Family · Rosids

Muntingiaceae

Jamaican cherry

Small Neotropical family of trees; includes the fast-growing, sweet-fruited Jamaican cherry Muntingia calabura.

Accepted species

3accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

3accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈39 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Muntingia calabura
• Dicraspidia
• Neotessmannia

Genera

• Dicraspidia1 spp.
• Muntingia1 spp.
• Neotessmannia1 spp.

Where it grows

• Southern America3
• Northern America2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Muntingiaceae sits in the order Malvales.

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