Trema micranthum (sometimes Trema micrantha), the Jamaican nettletree or capulin, is a plant species native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere. It has been reported from Mexico, Central America, tropical South America, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and southern Florida.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Nettletree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Trema orientale
- Trema tomentosum
- Trema cannabina
- Celtis clausseniana
- Trema lamarckianum
- Colubrina greggii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Cannabaceae
- Genus
- Trema
- Species
- Trema micranthum
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