Trema micrantha (L.) Blume GRIN-Global

Taxon: Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

Summary

Genus:

Trema

Family:

Cannabaceae

Nomen number:

36831

Place of publication:

Mus. Bot. 2:58. 1856

Comment:

although treated here as feminine, in accordance with botanical tradition (Melbourne ICN Art. 62.1), the genus is of neuter gender according to NCU

Verified:

11/15/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Rhamnus micrantha L.

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Reference(s)

Angely, J. A. Flora analitica do Parana. 1965
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
Dodson, C. H. & A. H. Gentry. Flora of the Rio Palenque science center. 1978
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. Flora de Veracruz. 1978-
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Liogier, H. A. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984-
Little, E. L., Jr. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979
Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. A flora of tropical Florida. 1971
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Pittier, H. F. et al. Catálogo de la flora venezolana. 1945-1947
Rocha, E. de Souza Ferreira da et al. 2000. Ulmáceas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, nota preliminar. Albertoa sér. Urticineae 2:14-15.
Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. Flora del Avila. 1978
Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961

Common names

English
capulin –
French
bois de l'orme –
petit orme –
Spanish
guacimilla –
Spanish (Peru)
yana caspi –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

REGION: Mexico
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique
MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	shade/shelter		Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
Materials	wood		FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36831. Accessed 10 September 2025.