
Trophis racemosa, commonly named white ramoon, is a species of flowering plant of the fig family. It is a shrub or tree native to Mexico, Central America, the Greater Antilles, Colombia, northern Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela in the tropical Americas. It reaches up to 20 metres tall with a trunk up to 50 cm in diameter. It grows in lowland tropical moist forests, in montane oak forests, and at the margins of cloud forests, up to 1,200 metres elevation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Trophis racemosa 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
- Ficus heteropleura
- Aporosa cardiosperma
- Celtis mildbraedii
- Glochidion ellipticum
- Brosimum guianense
- Aporosa octandra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Trophis
- Species
- Trophis racemosa
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