Prunus rhamnoides

Prunus rhamnoides, Spanish: coralillo, Nahuatl languages: calaomit, and also iza[lower-alpha 3] and mataiza,[lower-alpha 4] is a species of Prunus in the family Rosaceae. It is native to Mexico and Central America. It is a tree 7.5 to 15 m tall. A shade tolerant species, it is considered an indicator of forest health.[3] Local people use its timber for construction and household implements.[4]

Prunus rhamnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. rhamnoides
Binomial name
Prunus rhamnoides
Synonyms[2]

Notes
  1. Along with Prunus salasii, Prunus barbata is known as cerezo
  2. Prunus cornifolia is a synonym often used in Costa Rica
  3. source language unknown
  4. many (also) refer to Sapium pedicellatum (a synonym of Sapium macrocarpum)

References
  1. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52(4–5): 283–284. 1915.
  2. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.uc136943
  3. Williams-Linera, Guadalupe; Toledo-Garibaldi, María; Gallardo Hernández, Claudia (May 2013). "How heterogeneous are the cloud forest communities in the mountains of central Veracruz, Mexico?". Plant Ecology. 214 (5): 685–701. doi:10.1007/s11258-013-0199-5. JSTOR 23500355. S2CID 24893357.
  4. Martínez Alfaro, Miguel Ángel (2001). Catálogo de Plantas Útiles de La Sierra Norte de Puebla. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 214.
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