Coccoloba Tuerckheimii
''Coccoloba tuerckheimii'' is a plant species in the genus '' Coccoloba''. The species can be found in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15591489 tuerckheimii ...
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Coccoloba
''Coccoloba'' is a genus of about 120–150 species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae, which is native to the Neotropics. There is no overall English name for the genus, although many of the individual species have widely used common names. Range The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, with two species extending into Florida.Flora of North America''Coccoloba''/ref>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . Description The species are shrubs and trees, and lianas, mostly evergreen. The leaves are alternate, often large (to very large in some species; up to 2.5m (8 feet) long in ''C. gigantifolia''), with the leaves on juvenile plants often larger and of different shape to those of mature plants. The flowers are produced in spikes. The fruit is a three-angled achene, surrounded by an often brightly coloured fleshy perianth, edible in some species, though ...
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