Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. (Encycl. 3: 319. 1789.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (cultivated)[ Culebra, Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic), South America (exotic), Old World (native), Common Names: Aprín (Puerto Rico), Coolie plum (Jamaica), Crab apple (Jamaica), Dunks (L. Antilles), Indian jujube (Bahamas), Jujube (Dominican Republic), Jujube (Jamaica), Jujube (L. Antilles), Jujube tree (Dominican Republic), Jujubier (Haiti), Jujubier (L. Antilles), Juyube (Puerto Rico), Liane croc chien (Haiti), Perita haitiana (Dominican Republic), Petite pomme (Haiti), Pomme mal carduc (Haiti), Pomme malcadi (Haiti), Pommemalcadi (Haiti), Pomme-surette (L. Antilles), Ponseré (Haiti), Pti-pomme (Haiti), Stink tree (L. Antilles), Surette (L. Antilles), Yuyubí (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Ziziphus jujuba sensu Britton & P. Wilson, non Mill. (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 535. 1924.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 3). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 4). Fosberg, F.R. 1976. Revisions in the flora of St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands. Rhodora 78: 79-119. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 7). Kairo, M., B. Ali, O. Cheesman, K. Hayson, and S. Murphy. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean region. Report to Nature Conservancy. CAB International. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 11). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 12). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 13). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. Last edited 15 Apr 09 |