Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don ex G.Don

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–1500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Shrub, Tree.

Conservation

IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.

Vernacular

Abrojo, Avinje, Charo, Chimane, Dinde, Espino mora, Fustete, Iron odd, Laurel mora, Mora, Moral, Morita, Morito, Palo amarillo, Palo de mora, Paño moro

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

ají mora, avinje, dinde, espino mora, fustete, insira, laurel mora, mora, morajil, moral, moral fustete, morita, morito, morón, muche, palo amarillo, palo de mora, palo mora, palo moro, rabito, rabito de mora, tatajuba

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61886731/61886745

Conservation

LC - least concern

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular

FUSTIC

Morphology General Habit

A deciduous tree up to 10 m tall or more, with horizontal, often wide-spreading branches frequently armed with spines.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves lanceolate to oblong-elliptic or elliptic, short- petiolate, 3–8 cm long or more, mostly 1.5–3 cm broad, blunt to acuminate at apex, the margins entire or toothed, and chiefly glabrous except for minute hairs along the midrib beneath

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Staminate catkins pendulous, 3–5 cm long or more, on short peduncles. Pistillate heads green, globose, 5–8 mm in diameter when flowering, increasing to 12 mm or more when in fruit.

Distribution

Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac. West Indies and continental tropical America.

Ecology

Common in woodlands at low to medium elevations.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Arbusto, árbol

Conservation

Preocupación Menor

Vernacular

Dinde

Use Animal Food

Used as animal food.

Use Environmental

Environmental uses.

Use Fuel

Used for fuels.

Use Food

Used for food.

Use Materials

Used as material.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.

Use

The fruits are edible (though scarcely palatable!); the wood is very tough and close-grained, and has many uses; also, a yellowish dye known as fustic or khaki is extracted from the wood and commonly used for dyeing the cloth used for military uniforms.