Icacinaceae
Palo de cana
Mappia racemosa
- Family
- Icacinaceae
- Genus
- Mappia
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Mappia racemosaIcacinaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Palo de cana
Synonyms
- Icacina dubia Macfad.
- Leretia angustifolia (Griseb.) House
- Leretia racemosa (Jacq.) House
- Leretia racemosa var. brachycarpa (Griseb.) Sleumer
- Mappia affinis Miers
- Mappia angustifolia Griseb.
- Mappia racemosa subsp. brachycarpa (Griseb.) Borhidi
- Mappia racemosa var. angustifolia M.Gómez
- Mappia racemosa var. brachycarpa Griseb.
- Mappia racemosa var. typica R.A.Howard
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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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.