Galapagos Species Database
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Pourouma bicolor var. chocoana
Uva de monte
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Urticales
Family
Cecropiaceae
Genus
Pourouma
Species
bicolor
Subspecies
var. chocoana
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Pourouma chocoana Standl.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1993
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Berg, C.C. Franco, P. (1993) 27A. Cecropiaceae. Flora del Ecuador 48: 1–109.
- Berg, C.C. Akkermans, R.W. & van Heusden, E.C. (1990) Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Flora del Neotropico 51: 1–208.
- Chavez, J. (1993) Diagnostico de la Agricultura y la Ganader¡a en la Provincia de Galapagos. Tesis.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pourouma bicolor var. chocoana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=621. Accessed 3 November 2026.