Malpighiaceae
Cafe falso
Bunchosia glandulifera
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Genus
- Bunchosia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 花生醬果
- English
- Cafe falso
- French
- Bois café
- Malayalam
- ബഞ്ചോസിയ ഗ്ലാൻഡുലിഫെറ
Synonyms
- Bunchosia emarginata var. martinicensis Urb. & Nied.
- Bunchosia hypoleuca Miq.
- Bunchosia martinicensis (Urb. & Nied.) Small
- Malpighia glandulifera Jacq.
- Malpighia platyphylla Sw. ex Wikstr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.