Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Morisonia americana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. pl. 1:503. 1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Ratapple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Mexico to Guyana and Ecuador, Caribbean	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	520 cm	520 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 873	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub, Tree	Shrub, Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 444, 822	Sourced

Morisonia americana L., 1753 14% complete

Ratapple

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