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Byrsonima crassifolia L. Kunth a bio-resource with potential: Overview and opportunities Cover

Byrsonima crassifolia L. Kunth a bio-resource with potential: Overview and opportunities

Folia Horticulturae
Volume 35 (2023): Issue 1 (June 2023)
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|Jun 2023
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

B. crassifolia tree in the forestal from ‘Huitzuco de los Figueroa’ Guerrero, Mexico.

Table 1.

Some characteristics reported of species of Malpighiaceae family identified as nanche or murici in some areas of the Americas.

CharacteristicSpecies
Byrsonima crassifoliaByrsonima verbascifoliaMalpighia mexicana
Tree height (m)3–7 (up to 15)1–53–4
Leaf size (cm)6–16 × 3–814–20 × 6–123–16 × 2–8
Fruit size (cm)1.5–2.01.3–1.51.9–2.5
Seedling morphology groupPhanerocotylar, epigeal, foliaceousPhanerocotylar, hypogeal, foliaceous–
Hypocotyl size (mm)10–20 × 1.3–1.56–10 × 1.5–1.8–
Cryptogeal germinationAbsentPresent–
Photo fruits

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1 – Data not found or not applicable. Data from: Dos Reis Barbosa et al. 2014; Hamacek et al., 2014; Bárcenas 2018; Rocha et al., 2018; CONABIO, 2022. Photo credits: B. crassifolia – M. Costea and I. Garcia Ruiz/PhytoImages.siu.edu (http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/Cusman1/r/Malpighiaceae_Byrsonima_crassifolia_77316.html); B. verbascifolia – João Medeiros/Useful Tropial Plants (https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Byrsonima+verbascifolia); Malpighia mexicana – Graciela Ángeles Carreño/NaturaLista Mexico (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/86208470).

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Figure 2.

Tree, leaves, bark, and fruit of B. crassifolia and possible uses. Photo credits: Tree – Jerzy Rzedowski Rotter/CONABIO-Mexico; Fruit – Adalberto Ríos Szalay/CONABIO-Mexico; Leaves – José Luis Bautista Vidal, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (http://unibio.unam.mx/irekani/handle/123456789/65568?mode=full&submit_simple=Muestra+el+registro+Dublin+Core+completo+del+%C3%ADtem&proyecto=Irekani); Bark – Miriam Icela Alvarado Flores, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (http://unibio.unam.mx/irekani/handle/123456789/43524?proyecto=Irekani).

Figure 3.

Pre-SWOT for developing a cultivar of B. crassifolia. SWOT, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2023-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2083-5965 | Journal ISSN: 0867-1761
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Language: English
Page range: 61 - 75
Submitted on: Jun 15, 2022
Accepted on: Jan 16, 2023
Published on: Jun 26, 2023
Published by: Polish Society for Horticultural Sciences (PSHS)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
bioactives,
crops,
food security,
murici,
nanche
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science

© 2023 Cesar San-Martín-Hernández, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Téllez, Otila Noema Valenzuela-Amavizca, Emmanuel Aispuro-Hernández, Mario Sánchez-Sánchez, Estela Hernández-Camarillo, Leticia Xochitl López-Martínez, Eber Addí Quintana-Obregón, published by Polish Society for Horticultural Sciences (PSHS)
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