Details for: TARS 18097, Genipa americana L., Jagua

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Genipa americana L.

Top Name:

Jagua

Origin:

Donated – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Oct 2008

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Genipa americana L.

Top Name:

Jagua

Origin:

Donated – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Oct 2008

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

October 2008.
Puerto Rico, United States

Donor(s):

Torres, Pedro, USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Jagua

Type: Local name

TARS 18097

Type: Site identifier

Group: MISC.TARS

Narrative

Genipa americana L.

Genus:

Genipa

Family:

Rubiaceae

Subfamily:

Dialypetalanthoideae

Tribe:

Gardenieae

Nomen number:

395

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:931. 1759

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

11/06/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Genipa americana L. var. americana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Genipa americana L. var. caruto (Kunth) Schumach.
Genipa caruto Kunth

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	genip	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	genipap	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	marmalade-box	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
French	confiture de singe	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	génipa	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	jenipapo	2	Silva, A. V. C. et al. 2018. Genipa americana. Jenipapo. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 169-176. Note: cultivated, although mainly used for its fruits extracted from the wild; fruits are cooked and source of a dye, while the bark can be used for tannins; it is a pioneer species and used for restoration and bioremediaton in sites with heavy metal contamination
Spanish	caruto	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	genipa	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	huito	2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 139.
Spanish	irayol	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	yagua	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	genipa	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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