Byrsonima crassifolia(L.) Kunth

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WFO wfo-0000576794 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. a Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-31 / obs. 202308966
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Shawn O'Donnell
fig. b Shawn O'Donnell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201084749
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. c Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194857393
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. d Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192897963
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Tom Field
fig. e Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191575222
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Aitor
fig. f Aitor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187881308
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. g Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 147816805
Byrsonima crassifolia, photographed by Cenoteando
fig. h Cenoteando, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140697554

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Byrsonima crassifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Netherlands AntillesVenezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Byrsonima crassifolia, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
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.

Flowering 97 in flower of 143 examined

Peak flowering in Apr. Each bar is the share of Byrsonima crassifolia observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 97 of 143 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 44 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.

  • Byrsonima cinerea (Poir.) DC.
  • Byrsonima coriacea (Sw.) DC.
  • Byrsonima cotinifolia Kunth
  • Byrsonima crassifolia Lunan ex Griseb.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia f. cubensis Nied.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia f. ferruginea Nied.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia f. kunthiana Nied.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia subsp. insulata Cuatrec.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia var. cinerea (Poir.) Nied.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia var. jamaicensis (Urb. & Nied.) Urb. & Nied.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia var. lanceolata Cuatrec.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia var. moureila (Aubl.) DC.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia var. peruviana Nied.
  • Byrsonima crassifolia var. spruceana Nied.
  • Byrsonima cubensis A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima cubensis var. brachypoda Turcz.
  • Byrsonima cumingiana A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima fagifolia Nied.
  • Byrsonima fendleri Turcz.
  • Byrsonima ferruginea Kunth
  • Byrsonima ferruginea var. moureila Benth.
  • Byrsonima jamaicensis Urb. & Nied.
  • Byrsonima karwinskiana A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima lanceolata DC.

and 20 more.

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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