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Cinamomo

Myrospermum frutescens

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About Cinamomo

Cinamomo (Myrospermum frutescens) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from central Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. The Panama primary tree atlas documents low- and mid-elevation humid to very humid forests and seasonal leaf shedding. A 1980 forestry ledger records Kauai planting during 1910–1960 without a species-specific year; current survival or naturalization is unconfirmed.

Kauaʻi evidence

Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 20 plants under Myrospermum frutescens across 1 entries dated 1927. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).

Names and classification

Scientific name: Myrospermum frutescens
Common names: Cinamomo · Guatamare
Other names: Myrospermum frutescens · Cinamomo · Guatamare
Record type: Species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence: Recorded on Kauaʻi
Origin: Introduced
Conservation status: Not yet assessed
Evidence date: 2026-10-06
Evidence limits: Current survival on Kauaʻi, number of trees, occupied habitat, flowering or fruiting, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects are all unconfirmed; no naturalization or invasive severity is inferred from the historical planting record.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats: Not yet assessed
Food and resource needs: Not yet assessed
Reproduction: Pea flowers require animal pollination; the dry one-seeded winged fruit is dispersed by wind. Kauaʻi flowering, fruit set, dispersal, and recruitment are unknown.
Shelter: Not yet assessed
Growth form: Deciduous tree

Threats and conservation

Monitoring: Not yet assessed
Data gaps: Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal timing: Not yet assessed
Seasonal description: Cinamomo (Myrospermum frutescens) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from central Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. The Panama primary tree atlas documents low- and mid-elevation humid to very humid forests and seasonal leaf shedding. A 1980 forestry ledger records Kauai planting during 1910–1960 without a species-specific year; current survival or naturalization is unconfirmed.

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