Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Bread nut

Brosimum alicastrum

Spanish: Ramón / Capomo

Bread nut (Brosimum alicastrum)
Photographed by katherinemartinez on iNaturalist

Brosimum alicastrum, commonly known as the breadnut or Maya nut, is a tree species in the family Moraceae of flowering plants, whose other genera include figs and mulberries. The plant is known by a range of names in indigenous Mesoamerican and other languages, including: ramon, ojoche, ojite, ojushte, ujushte, ujuxte, capomo, mojo, ox, iximche, masica in Honduras, uje in the state of Michoacan Mexico, and mojote in Jalisco, or also chokogou in Haitian Creole. Most often recorded in Apr, Oct.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Rosales › Moraceae
Local records3 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records1,864 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2013 – 2023
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Cite as: “Bread nut (Brosimum alicastrum) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/brosimum-alicastrum/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.