Claim · model-written summary
The Uaxactún population of Brosimum alicastrum was predominantly monoecious, with female and hermaphroditic individuals.
- Taxon
- Brosimum alicastrum
Brosimum alicastrume1 - Outcome
- monoecious systeme2
- Setting
- Uaxactúne2
Verbatim
e1“Brosimum alicastrum Sw. (Breadnut or Maya nut), of the Moraceae family, is an underutilised tropical food tree”
e2“Uaxactún exhibited a predominantly monoecious system with female and hermaphroditic individuals, where nearly all trees showed signs of reproduction”
Title
Katrine Gro Friborg; David Elias Mendieta Jiménez; Ida Theilade; et al. Botany Letters 2026. doi:10.1080/23818107.2026.2653149
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Nearly all trees in the Uaxactún population showed signs of reproduction.
- Observation The Sierra del Lacandón population of Brosimum alicastrum showed evidence of a dioecious population.
- Observation The Sierra del Lacandón population had a substantial proportion of non-reproductive (male) trees.
- Observation Yields in Sierra del Lacandón were lower and less reliable.
- Mechanism Floral morphology, absence of animal pollinators, exposed stigmas and abundant pollen indicate wind pollination in Brosimum alicastrum.
- Observation The fruit of Brosimum alicastrum is reclassified from a drupe or berry to a sorosis.
- Recommendation The authors recommend population-specific reproductive strategies for management, conservation and future development of Brosimum alicastrum.