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Genus of flowering plants
Micropholis is group of trees in the
family
Sapotaceae , described as a genus in 1891.
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These trees are native to tropical
South America ,
Mesoamerica , and the
West Indies .
[2] Most are locally known as "cafetos" , literally meaning "
coffee plants ". But while both Micropholis and the coffeeplant genus
Coffea are
asterids , the present genus is part of the
Ericales – a quite
basal asterid lineage –, while Coffea belongs to the more advanced
Gentianales .
They are valued for their wood, which is used as
timber , for construction and as
firewood ; many species are threatened by
overexploitation and
habitat destruction . Also, they are often used as part of
catuaba , a decoction from various tree's
bark claimed to have
aphrodisiac and
stimulant properties.
Caimitillo verde (M. garciniifolia ) is an important food source of the nearly-
extinct
Puerto Rican amazon bird (Amazona vittata ).
Species
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Micropholis acutangula - French Guiana,
Amapá
Micropholis brochidodroma - Ecuador, N Peru
Micropholis casiquiarensis -
Guyana ,
Venezuela (
Amazonas ),
Brazil (
Amazonas )
Micropholis caudata -
Brazil (
Amazonas )
Micropholis cayennensis - French Guiana,
Amapá
Micropholis compta - E Brazil
Micropholis crassipedicellata - E + S Brazil
Micropholis crotonoides - Costa Rica, Panama,
St. Lucia , NW South America
Micropholis cylindrocarpa -
Brazil (
Amazonas ),
Peru (
Loreto )
Micropholis egensis - Panama, N South America
Micropholis emarginata -
Bahia
Micropholis garciniifolia -
Puerto Rico
Micropholis gardneriana - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
Micropholis gnaphaloclados - Brazil, Bolivia
Micropholis grandiflora -
Brazil (
Amazonas )
Micropholis guyanensis - Costa Rica, Panama,
West Indies , tropSouth America
Micropholis humboldtiana - Venezuela, Brazil
Micropholis longipedicellata - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana,
Amapá
Micropholis macrophylla -
Peru (
Loreto )
Micropholis madeirensis -
Brazil (
Amazonas ),
Peru (
Loreto )
Micropholis maguirei - Venezuela, Brazil
Micropholis melinoniana - S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
Micropholis mensalis - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
Micropholis obscura - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
Micropholis polita - Cuba, Haiti
Micropholis porphyrocarpa - French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
Micropholis resinifera -
Brazil (
Amazonas )
Micropholis retusa -
Brazil (
Amazonas )
Micropholis rugosa - Jamaica
Micropholis sanctae-rosae - French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
Micropholis spectabilis -
Bolívar
Micropholis splendens - Venezuela, Brazil
Micropholis submarginalis -
Brazil (
Amazonas )
Micropholis suborbicularis - Venezuela
Micropholis trunciflora - Peru, N Brazil
Micropholis venamoensis -
Bolívar
Micropholis venulosa -
Central +
South America
Micropholis williamii -
Brazil (
Amazonas ,
Pará )
References