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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Breadnut

Family: Moraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Mexico and Central America and South America.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized in the Florida Keys and perhaps not well established. A specimen at USF needs to be examined.

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Brosimum alicastrum has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland