Trema micrantha

Jamaican nettletree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Ulmaceae
Subfamily:	Celtoideae
Genus:	Trema
Species:	T. micrantha
Binomial name
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume
Synonyms[1]
Celtis albicans Willd. ex Steud. Celtis canescens Kunth Celtis chichilea Ruiz & Pav. ex Planch. Celtis curiandiuba M.Gómez ex Planch. Celtis lima Lam. Celtis macrophylla Kunth Celtis micrantha (L.) Sw. Celtis microcarpa Salzm. ex Planch. Celtis mollis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Celtis rufescens Banks ex Planch. Celtis schiedeana Schltdl. Rhamnus micrantha L. Sponia canescens (Kunth) Decne. Sponia chichilea Planch. Sponia crassifolia Liebm. Sponia grisea Liebm. Sponia lima Decne. Sponia macrophylla (Kunth) Decne. Sponia micrantha (L.) Decne. ex Planch. Sponia micrantha (L.) Decne. Sponia mollis Decne. Sponia peruviana Klotzsch Sponia riparia Decne. Sponia schiedeana (Schltdl.) Planch. Trema canescens (Kunth) Blume Trema chichilea (Planch.) Blume Trema floridana Britton ex Small Trema lima Blume Trema macrophylla (Kunth) Blume Trema melinona Blume Trema micrantha var. obtusatum Urb. Trema micrantha var. strigillosa (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm. Trema mollis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Blume Trema riparia Blume Trema rufescens Blume Trema schiedeana (Schltdl.) Blume Trema strigillosa Lundell Urtica alnifolia Bertero ex Griseb.

Trema micrantha, common name Jamaican nettletree^[2] or guacimilla, is a plant species native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere. It has been reported from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize, Bolivia, Argentina, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, the Virgin Islands, Guyana, Honduras, Panamá, Venezuela, Suriname, Perú, Paraguay, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and southern Florida.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} Within the State of Florida, it has been collected in 10 counties: Monroe, Miami-Dade, Lee, Broward, Palm Beach, Collier, Hendry, Martin, Sarasota and Pinellas.^[14][15]

Trema micrantha is a shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall. Leaves are egg-shaped, up to 9 cm long, green on top but covered with white, woolly pubescence underneath. Flowers are greenish-white. Fruits are yellow to bright reddish-range, up to 4 mm in diameter. ^[3][16][17]

References

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14. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database
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16. Blume, Carl (Karl) Ludwig von. 1856. Museum botanicum Lugduno-Batavum, sive, Stirpium exoticarum novarum vel minus cognitarum ex vivis aut siccis brevis expositio et descriptio 2: 58.
17. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 937.