Elaeodendron xylocarpum(Vent.) DC.

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WFO wfo-0000665043 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. a Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-10 / obs. 156797226
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122787493
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24615371
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1535988
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25623604
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1535987
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156797244
Elaeodendron xylocarpum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8261176

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Elaeodendron xylocarpum is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPuerto RicoTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasBermudaLeeward Is.Turks-Caicos Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Elaeodendron xylocarpum, 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
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bermuda BER
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
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 38 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.

  • Cassine attenuata (A.Rich.) Kuntze
  • Cassine cubensis (Bisse) Borhidi
  • Cassine dioica (Macfad.) Lobr.-Callen
  • Cassine lippoldii (Bisse) Borhidi
  • Cassine rotundata (DC.) Kuntze
  • Cassine trinitensis (Bisse) Borhidi
  • Cassine xylocarpa Vent.
  • Cassine xylocarpa var. attenuata (A.Rich.) Alain
  • Cassine xylocarpa var. caribaea Urb.
  • Elaeodendron attenuatum A.Rich.
  • Elaeodendron cubensis Bisse
  • Elaeodendron dioecum var. acuminatum (Urb.) Fawc. & Rendle
  • Elaeodendron dioecum var. dolichocarpum (Urb.) Fawc. & Rendle
  • Elaeodendron dioecum var. obovatum (Urb.) Fawc. & Rendle
  • Elaeodendron dioicum (Macfad.) Griseb.
  • Elaeodendron lippoldii Bisse
  • Elaeodendron rotundatum DC.
  • Elaeodendron trichotomum (Turcz.) Lundell
  • Elaeodendron trinitense Bisse
  • Elaeodendron xylocarpum f. amblyocarpum Urb.
  • Elaeodendron xylocarpum f. oxycarpa Urb.
  • Elaeodendron xylocarpum var. acuminatum Urb.
  • Elaeodendron xylocarpum var. attenuatum (A.Rich.) Urb.
  • Elaeodendron xylocarpum var. bahamense Urb.

and 14 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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CAXY. public domain. 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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