Putranjivaceae
Guiana plum
Drypetes lateriflora
- Family
- Putranjivaceae
- Genus
- Drypetes
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Guiana plum, Guiana-plum
Synonyms
- Bessera spinosa Spreng.
- Drypetes crocea Poit.
- Drypetes crocea var. genuina (Poit.) Müll.Arg.
- Drypetes crocea var. longipes Müll.Arg.
- Drypetes lateriflora var. guatemalensis Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Forchhammeria lanceolata Standl.
- Koelera laurifolia Willd.
- Limacia laurifolia (Willd.) F.Dietr.
- Liparena crocea Poit. ex Baill.
- Schaefferia lateriflora Sw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: naturedom12, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jodyb77, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, 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.