Claim · model-written summary
Iguanas eat manchineel fruit and sometimes live among its limbs.
- Taxon
- Hippomane mancinella
Hippomane mancinellat0 - Outcome
- iguanas eat the fruit and sometimes live among the tree’s limbse0
Verbatim
e0“iguanas eat the fruit and sometimes live among the tree’s limbs”
t0“Hippomane mancinella”
Title
Hippomane mancinella, Manchineel
Michael G. Andreu; Melissa H. Friedman EDIS 2012. doi:10.32473/edis-fr370-2012
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Manchineel is native to southern Florida, the Keys, Caribbean islands, Mexico and Central America.
- Observation Manchineel occurs along seacoasts and in brackish swamps among mangroves.
- Observation Each manchineel leaf has a small gland at its junction with the stem.
- Observation The bark is reddish to grayish brown and cracked looking.
- Observation Flowers are inconspicuous, but their spikes or leafless stems are visible.
- Observation The fruit is bright green and resembles a small apple.