''Pseudolmedia'' is a

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in the mulberry

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(

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). Species are found in southern

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, the

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, and Meso- and

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. They are known in

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as ''lechechiva'' (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for

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, construction wood, and sometimes in

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Species

11 species are accepted. * '' Pseudolmedia boliviana'' * '' 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. (synonym '' Pseudolmedia ferruginea'' (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (

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) *) * '' Pseudolmedia macrophylla'' Trécul * '' Pseudolmedia manabiensis'' C.C.Berg * '' Pseudolmedia mollis'' Standl. * '' Pseudolmedia rigida'' (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec. * '' Pseudolmedia spuria'' (Sw.) Griseb. (synonym '' Pseudolmedia havanensis'' Trécul (type) *) * Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus,

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and

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consider ''P. ferruginea'' to be a

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of ''P. laevis''; and ''P. havanensis'' to be a synonym of ''P. spuria''.

References

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Moraceae genera Flora of the Neotropical realm {{Moraceae-stub