Chrysobalanus icaco

TaxID: 22978

Basic Information

Chrysobalanus icaco

Coco, Coco Plum

Chrysobalanus icaco, the cocoplum, paradise plum, abajeru or icaco is a low shrub or bushy tree found near sea beaches and inland throughout tropical Africa, tropical Americas and the Caribbean, and in southern Florida and the Bahamas. An evergreen, it is also found as an exotic species on other tropical islands, where it has become a problematic invasive. Although taxonomists disagree on whether Chrysobalanus icaco has multiple subspecies or varieties, it is recognized as having two ecotypes, described as an inland, much less salt-tolerant, and more upright C. icaco var. pellocarpus and a coastal C. icaco var. icaco. Both the ripe fruit of C. icaco, and the seed inside the ridged shell it contains, are considered edible.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Malpighiales

Chrysobalanaceae

Chrysobalanus

icaco

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Chrysobalanus icaco
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(c) Eridan Xharahi@BY
Chrysobalanus icaco
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(c) Martin Reith@BY-NC
Chrysobalanus icaco
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(c) gladesgal@BY-NC
Chrysobalanus icaco
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(c) Pete Corradino@BY-NC
Chrysobalanus icaco
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(c) Jean-Lou Justine@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (64 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Angola Present —
Anguilla Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
ERR2040360 - - - 13487271 -

DNA Barcodes (12 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
TCAFR398-10 - trnH-psbA 455 Cameroon 2008-11-01 5.062, 8.854
TCAFR397-10 - trnH-psbA 455 Cameroon 2008-10-29 5.062, 8.854
PRTRE270-13 - trnH-psbA 422 Puerto Rico 2011-07-19 -
JRPAA7623-15 - COI-5P 1581 - - -
IDRCG783-13 - rbcLa 552 Liberia 2011-12-16 5.856594, -10.035916
GBVW2632-13 - rbcL 1389 - 2005-07-02 -
GBVW2590-13 - matK 1512 - 2005-07-02 -
GBVU3995-13 - matK 855 French Guiana - 3.8574297, -53.322323
GBVJ1473-11 - matK 1135 - - -
GBVJ1472-11 - rbcL 1314 - - -
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Literature