
Sapindaceae FAMILY
Matayba apetala
Matayba apetala
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Matayba+apetala>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flowering Plants of Jamaica — Adams. C.D. · University of the West Indies; Jamaica. · 1972 ↩︎A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc.
- [2]Flora of Jamaica — Fawcett. W. & Rendle. A. B. · British Museum · 1910 ↩︎Rather dated, so many name changes. Nevertheless, a very good guide to the plants of the Caribbean. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from various websites.
- [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.