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Magnoliopsida
Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H. Gentry
EOL Text
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: Widely distributed around the Caribbean including southern Florida, Veracruz, Mexico, the Greater Antilles, and Venezuela. It is also found on the Pacific coast from Costa Rica to northern Ecuador. Except for Venezuela and the Greater Antilles, it is usually restricted to coastal beaches and mangrove fringes.
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N1 - Critically Imperiled
Uses: Fruit, MEDICINE/DRUG, OTHER USES/PRODUCTS
Comments: The fruit serves as an important food for the Paca and is also used medicinally. The seeds are used as a purgative and the pulp as a laxative and remedy for chest infection. The wood is occasionally used for plows and similar construction in Cuba.
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