Calabur tree
ಗಸಗಸೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಮರசீனிபழ மரம்ജമൈക്കൻ ചെറി
Muntingia calabura L.
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- 9.0 m
- wide
- 12 m
Muntingiaceae
Also called Singapore Cherry, Strawberrytree
Formerly Muntingia glabra, Muntingia rosea
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 9.0 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 7.5–12 m; Plants for a Future 9–9 m
- Spread
- 12 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: light, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- Cacanicua, Ma-lau, Buah Cheri
- Spanish
- Capulín, Chichato, Guanducillo
- Chinese
- 南美假櫻桃, 西印度櫻桃, 文定果
- Portuguese
- calabura
- Chinese (China)
- 文丁果, 文定果
- Vietnamese
- quả trứng cá
- Japanese
- ナンヨウザクラ
- Indonesian
- Buah ceri, Buah seri, Kersen
- Swedish
- panamabär
- Thai
- ตะขบฝรั่ง
- Russian
- Мунтингия калабура
- Polish
- rozcięg
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Muntingia calabura (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.