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West Indian milkberry
Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Coffee family

West Indian milkberry

Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWest Indian milkberry
Dutch—
SpanishTimacle
Chinese雪果黑鸡纳
Scientific nameChiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

About this species

Chiococca alba is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Florida and the extreme southern tip of Texas in the United States, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, and tropical South America. Common names include David's milkberry, West Indian milkberry, cahinca and West Indian snowberry. The specific epithet, alba, means "white" in Latin and refers to the color of its fruits.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae
GenusChiococca

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
2005First record
2006Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini5

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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