Olmedia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title= Olmedia aspera |volume=2019 |page= e.T145589039A145676192 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T145589039A145676192.en |access-date=January 19, 2025}}

|genus = Olmedia

|parent_authority = Ruiz & Pav. (1794)

|species = aspera

|authority = Ruiz & Pav.

|synonyms =

  • Olmedia caucana {{small|Pittier (1912)}}
  • Olmedia falcifolia {{small|Pittier (1912)}}
  • Olmedia poeppigiana {{small|Klotzsch (1847), nom. illeg.}}
  • Trophis aurantiaca {{small|Herzog (1909)}}
  • Trophis caucana {{small|(Pittier) C.C.Berg (1988)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:854811-1 Olmedia aspera Ruiz & Pav.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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Olmedia aspera is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It is the sole species in genus Olmedia. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil.

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