Bunchosia

Bunchosia
Bunchosia nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Malpighiaceae
Genus:Bunchosia
Rich. ex Kunth
Species

ca. 75 species; see text

Synonyms[1]

Malacmaea Griseb.

Bunchosia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It contains roughly 75 species of trees and shrubs, which are native to dry woodlands, savannas, and wet forests. Their range extends from Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina. Bunchosia is one of three arborescent genera of Malpighiaceae with fleshy, bird-dispersed fruits.

Selected species

  • Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC. – silver peanut butter fruit, marmelo, mountain plum (ciruela del monte). A wild species with leaves abaxially sericeous, giving a silvery appearance.
  • Bunchosia armeniaca (Cav.) DC. – peanut butter fruit, friar's plum (ciruela del fraile).
  • Bunchosia biocellata Schltdl.
  • Bunchosia cauliflora W.R.Anderson
  • Bunchosia cornifolia Kunth
  • Bunchosia costaricensis Rose
  • Bunchosia fluminensis – cachita, muchita or cafezinho do mato. Flavour resembles corn and papaya.
  • Bunchosia glandulifera (Jacq.) Kunth – peanut butter fruit. Widely cultivated and the most common species sold by nurseries. Distinguished by its wavy leaf edges.
  • Bunchosia glandulosa (Cav.) DC.
  • Bunchosia hartwegiana Benth.
  • Bunchosia hookeriana A.Juss.
  • Bunchosia jamaicensis Urb. & Ndz.
  • Bunchosia lindeniana A.Juss.
  • Bunchosia linearifolia P.Wilson
  • Bunchosia maritima (Vell.) J.F. Macbr. – yellow usama or yellow coffee of the bush. A drought and frost resistant species that produces Spring berries with a lot of sweet pulp.
  • Bunchosia mcvaughii W.R.Anderson
  • Bunchosia pallescens Skottsb. – usuma or bush tomato paste. A fast-growing, frost-resistant species that produces Autumn berries of little pulp but pleasant tomato paste flavour.
  • Bunchosia praecox W.R.Anderson
  • Bunchosia sonorensis Rose
  • Bunchosia tutensis Dobson[2]

Formerly placed here

  • Malpighia mexicana subsp. guadalajarensis (S.Watson) F.K.Mey. (as B. guadalajarensis S.Watson)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bunchosia Rich. ex Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  2. 1 2 "Species Records of Bunchosia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-06-29.

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