Cymbopetalum mayanum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Cymbopetalum mayanum Herbarium specimen NMNH-00900159.tif

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|image_caption = Herbarium specimen of C. mayanum from the National Museum of Natural History

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref ={{cite iucn |last1=Verspagen |first1=Nadja |last2=Erkens |first2=Roy H.J. |year=2020 |title=Cymbopetalum mayanum |volume=2020 |page=e.T30674A146873921 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T30674A146873921.en |access-date=20 November 2021|orig-date=10 September 2019}}

|genus = Cymbopetalum

|species = mayanum

|authority = Lundell 1974

}}

Cymbopetalum mayanum is a species of plant in family Annonaceae. The specific epithet mayanum refers to the Mayan region in which it is indigenous, specifically the Atlantic lowlands of Guatemala and Honduras. It grows as a tree, and may be threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation.

Common names for C. mayanum include Mayan cymbopetalum, {{lang|es|huevo de toro}}, {{lang|kek|muk}}, {{lang|es|anona de montaña}}, banana, {{lang|es|guanabano}}, {{lang|es|guinellito}}, {{lang|es|guineo}}, gunchuch, mata boni, mataboni, {{lang|kek|naguate}}, sufricaya, tulmax,{{cite web

|url = https://www.gbif.org/species/3157842/vernaculars

|title = Cymbopetalum mayanum Lundell Species in GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

|last1 = GBIF Secretariat

|date = 1 July 2013

|publisher = Global Biodiversity Information Facility

|access-date = 14 August 2015

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081540/http://www.gbif.org/species/3157842/vernaculars

|archive-date = 24 September 2015

|url-status = live

}} chikinte, and naguate{{cite book

|last1= Murray

|first1= Nancy A.

|author-link1= Nancy A. Murray

|date= 6 December 1993

|title= Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae)

|location= Ann Arbor, Mich

|publisher= American Society of Plant Taxonomists

|publication-date= 6 December 1993

|series= Systematic botany monographs

|volume= 40

|isbn= 9780912861401

|oclc= 29527548

}}

Mayan cymbopetalum provides food for ants and many species of birds, including:{{cite journal |last= Foster |first=Mercedes S. |date=March 2007 |title=The potential of fruit trees to enhance converted habitats for migrating birds in southern Mexico |journal=Bird Conservation International |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=45–61 |doi=10.1017/S0959270906000554 |doi-access=free }}

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• Yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
• Orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
• Bright-rumped attila (Attila spadiceus)
• Pale-billed woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
• Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
• Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
• Brown jay (Cyanocorax morio)
• Chestnut-sided warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
• Grey catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
• Red-throated ant tanager (Habia fuscicauda)
• Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
• Black-throated shrike-tanager (Lanio aurantius)
• White-collared manakin (Manacus candei)
• Golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
• Black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
• Ochre-bellied flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
• Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii)
• Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
• Dusky-capped flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
• Brown-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
• Sulphur-bellied flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris)
• Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
• Kentucky warbler (Oporornis formosus)
• Grey-collared becard (Pachyramphus major)
• Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
• Red-capped manakin (Pipra mentalis)
• Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)
• Summer tanager (Piranga rubra)
• Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
• Crimson-collared tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
• Rufous mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
• Black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps)
• Buff-throated saltator (Saltator maximus)
• Thrush-like schiffornis (Schiffornis turdinus agg.)
• Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
• Yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas)
• Masked tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
• Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
• Yellow-green vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
• Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceous)}}