Taxon: Colubrina elliptica (Sw.) Brizicky & W. L. Stern

Summary

Genus:

Colubrina

Family:

Rhamnaceae

Nomen number:

105411

Place of publication:

Trop. Woods 109:95. 1958

Verified:

02/06/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Rhamnus elliptica Sw.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ceanothus reclinata LʼHér.
Colubrina reclinata (LʼHér.) Brongn.

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Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Johnston, M. C. 1971. Revision of Colubrina (Rhamnaceae). Brittonia 23:19.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:866.

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
French	bois mabi	2	Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
French (Lesser Antilles)	mabi	2	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedish	soldatträd	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	Keys
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines	St. Vincent
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela		n.

Native
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (Keys)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Chiapas, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent], Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela (n.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	beverage base		Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105411. Accessed 20 September 2024.