Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Brosimum alicastrum
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
Sw.
Common names
Breadnut, Breadnut, Cow tree, Milk tree
Names in other languages (36)Berba, Brosimum alicastrum, Brotnußbaum, Burba, Bë, Guaimaro, Guáimaro, Izarco, Majaa brosimo, Manité, Moju, Noix pain, Noix-pain, Noz-dos-maias, Nui, Ojite, Pau-que-dá-leite, Ramon, Ramón, Tillo, Tillo blanco, Tillo macho, Tsakaya, apompo, brozimum chlebové, brödnötsträd, capomo, hairite, kotræ, mlekowiec darzymlecznia, mlékovec obecný, noyer à pain, ojoche, pähkinämaitopuu, rotnussbaum, ラモンの木
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Rosales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Moraceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Brosimum
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
alicastrum
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Brosimum alicastrum
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 10:53.
Photo of Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Photo: Fredy Gonzalez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Photo: Rosalinda Melendrez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Photo: nasua · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Photo: Kathy Daniel · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Photo: Diego Blanco · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Photo: Norma Piedra · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 10:53.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 8 of 8 is a symbiont of × is eaten by × is a host of × co-occurs ecologically with × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × has as a vector × interacts with × is visited by ×

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is a symbiont of 337 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
Tremella sp. Tremellaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Luteoporia citriniporia Meruliaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Schorsstippelkogeltje Lophiostoma corticola Lophiostomataceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
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is eaten by 183 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is eaten by 5 not compared
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is eaten by 3 not compared
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Tyrannidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Tyrannidae is eaten by 2 not compared
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is a host of 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
BOLD:AAA8621 Notodontidae is a host of 28 not compared
BOLD:AAA9730 Notodontidae is a host of 10 not compared
BOLD:AAB1729 Notodontidae is a host of 7 not compared
Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron Nymphalidae is a host of 2 no location
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co-occurs ecologically with 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Dentiscutata heterogama Gigasporaceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Racocetra castanea co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Rhizophagus prolifer Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Redeckera fulvum Diversisporaceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Septoglomus viscosum Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Racocetra castanea is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Paraglomus occultum Paraglomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Redeckera fulva Diversisporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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has as a vector 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 8 not compared
Toltec Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus toltecus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 1 not compared
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae has as a vector 1 not compared
Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii Phyllostomidae has as a vector 1 no location
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interacts with 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Mexican Agouti Dasyprocta mexicana Dasyproctidae interacts with 1 no location
Pacific Coast Mahogany Swietenia humilis Meliaceae interacts with 1 no location
Proteus scale Parlatoria proteus Diaspididae interacts with 1 not compared
Orange Daggerwing Marpesia berania Nymphalidae interacts with 1 no location
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is visited by 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Phyllostomidae is visited by 2 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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