Brosimum alicastrumSw.

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WFO wfo-0000572378 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by fede2cr
fig. a fede2cr, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 199859805
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by Cenoteando
fig. b Cenoteando, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140694681
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. c Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138812069
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. d Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138957976
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. e Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137920387
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by adel-fridus
fig. f adel-fridus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 99737139
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. g Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64108969
Brosimum alicastrum, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. h Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64109103

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Brosimum alicastrum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Brosimum alicastrum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alicastrum brownei Kuntze
  • Brosimum alicastrum subsp. alicastrum
  • Brosimum bernadetteae Woodson
  • Brosimum bolivarense (Pittier) Romero
  • Brosimum columbianum S.F.Blake
  • Brosimum conzattii Standl.
  • Brosimum gentlei Lundell
  • Brosimum latifolium Standl.
  • Brosimum terrabanum Pittier
  • Brosimum uleanum Mildbr.
  • Ficus faginea Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Helicostylis bolivarensis Pittier
  • Helicostylis latifolia Pittier
  • Helicostylis ojoche K.Schum. ex Pittier
  • Piratinera alicastrum Baill.
  • Piratinera terrabana (Pittier) Lundell
  • Urostigma fagineum (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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