PUBLISHED IN: El Med. Bot. Criollo 1(1): 338. 1864. Annotation: also at Med. Bot. Antill. 2: 338. 1864.

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SYNONYMY: Corallocarpus emethocatarticus (Grosourdy) Cogn.

INFRASPECIFIC TAXA:

VERNACULAR NAME: coralfruit

OTHER VERNACULAR NAMES: batata de burro, batata zandumbia, batata zambomba

CULTIVARS:

DESCRIPTION: Caudex.

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DISTRIBUTION: Caribbean, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia.

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MEDICINAL USE: Emetic.

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LITERATURE: Dieterle, Flora of Guatemala, vol. 24, part. XI, No. 4:338. 1977.

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