Pseudolmedia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Tribe: | Castilleae |
Genus: | Pseudolmedia Trécul (1847)[1] |
Species[2] | |
11; see text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Olmediopsis H.Karst. (1862) |
Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America.[3] They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree")[citation needed] and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.[citation needed]
11 species are accepted.[2]
* Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus, The Plant List and Plants of the World Online consider P. ferruginea to be a synonym of P. laevis;[5] and P. havanensis to be a synonym of P. spuria.[6][2]