''Pseudolmedia'' is a
flowering plant
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genus
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in the mulberry
family
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(
Moraceae
The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however ...
). Species are found in southern
Mexico
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, the
Caribbean, and
Meso- and
South America
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.
They are known in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
as ''lechechiva'' (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for
timber
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, construction wood, and sometimes in
folk medicine
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.
Selected species
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Pseudolmedia ferruginea
''Pseudolmedia'' is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (biology), family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Mesoamerica, Meso- and South America. They are known in Latin America as ''lechechiva'' (app ...
''
(Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (
type)
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* '' Pseudolmedia gentryi'' C.C.Berg
* '' Pseudolmedia glabrata'' (Liebm.) C.C.Berg, called cherry][ *
* '' Pseudolmedia hirtula'' Kuhlm.
* '' Pseudolmedia laevigata'' Trécul
* '' Pseudolmedia laevis'' (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.
* '' Pseudolmedia macrophylla'' Trécul
* '' Pseudolmedia manabiensis'' C.C.Berg
* '']Pseudolmedia mollis
''Pseudolmedia'' is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America. They are known in Latin America as ''lechechiva'' (approximately "goat's milk tree") ...
'' Standl.
* ''Pseudolmedia rigida
''Pseudolmedia'' is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America. They are known in Latin America as ''lechechiva'' (approximately "goat's milk tree") ...
'' (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec.
* '' Pseudolmedia spuria'' (Sw.) Griseb.
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References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Moraceae genera
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