Habit: Muntingia calabura grows as a small shrub to 8 m in height. The leaves are 2-ranked, arranged alternately to 14 cm, oblong to lanceolate with a crenate/serrate leaf margin, an acuminate leaf apex and oblique leaf base. Twigs and the leaves, abaxially, are stellate pubescent.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are 1-3 in leaf axils The calyx has 5 unfused greenish sepals. The corolla has 5, unfused, deciduous, white petals. There are numerous stamens. The ovary is superior with 5 locules and numerous seeds. The fruit is a yellow aging to red berry.
Habitat: Muntingia calabura grows in Human Altered environments (yards, gardens, farms)
Distribution: Muntingia calabura is NOT native to the Lucayan Archipelago but has been observed on New Providence. It is native to Central and South America.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Muntingia calabura is not used medicinally in the Bahamas.
It is grown as a fruit tree