Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Trema micrantha
niguito, sapan, huevos de paloma, trema, Jamaican nettletree
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Rosales
Family
Cannabaceae
Genus
Trema
Species
micrantha
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Celtis canescens Kunth. 1st June Order changed to Rosales and Family to Cannabaceae (Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Trema micrantha", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=798. Accessed 30 October 2026.