Polygonaceae
Puckhout
Coccoloba microstachya
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Coccoloba
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Puckhout
Synonyms
- Coccoloba microstachya var. lanceolata Meisn.
- Coccoloba microstachya var. ovalifolia Meisn.
- Coccoloba microstachya var. rotundifolia Urb.
- Coccoloba parvifolia Poir.
- Coccoloba parvifolia var. ovalifolia Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: stinger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.