Bunchosia

Updated on Jan 10, 2024

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Kingdom Plantae Scientific name Bunchosia Order Malpighiales		Family Malpighiaceae Rank Genus

Lower classifications Peanut Butter Fruit, Bunchosia hartwegiana

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Bunchosia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It contains roughly 75 species of trees and shrubs, which are native to dry woodlands, savannas, and wet forests. Their range extends from Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina. Bunchosia is one of three arborescent genera of Malpighiaceae with fleshy, bird-dispersed fruits.

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Selected species

Bunchosia Bunchosia armeniaca Peanut Butter Fruit Monk39s Plum Marmela

Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC. – Marmelo, Mountain plum (Ciruela del monte), Peanut butter fruit. Leaves have silvery underside. Fruit is hairy and is uncultivated.

Bunchosia armeniaca (Cav.) DC. – Friar's plum (Ciruela del fraile), Friar's peanut butter fruit

Bunchosia biocellata Schltdl.

Bunchosia cauliflora W.R.Anderson

Bunchosia cornifolia Kunth

Bunchosia costaricensis Rose

Bunchosia glandulifera (Jacq.) Kunth – Most widely cultivated species, also called peanut butter fruit or cafe falso

Bunchosia glandulosa (Cav.) DC.

Bunchosia hartwegiana Benth.

Bunchosia hookeriana A.Juss.

Bunchosia jamaicensis Urb. & Ndz.

Bunchosia lindeniana A.Juss.

Bunchosia linearifolia P.Wilson