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Pests and Diseases 177<br />

Species: Psidium guajava L.<br />

Creole Name: gwayav<br />

Family: Myrtaceae<br />

Insect Pests: Aphids (Aphis spp.)feed on <strong>yo</strong>ung growth, causing the curling of leaves.<br />

Fruit fly maggots (Anastrepha striata and Dacus spp.) attack the fruit. The green scale<br />

(Coccus viridis) occurs on branches.<br />

Diseases: Fruit rot (Glomerella cingulata) shrivels green fruit and rots ripe fruit.<br />

Mushroom root rot (Clitocybe tabescens) rots the roots and eventually kills the tree.<br />

Reference: Mortensen and Bullard, 1970.<br />

Species: Rhizophora mangle L.<br />

Creole Name: mang wouj<br />

Family: Rhizophoraceae<br />

Insect Pests: Wood borers (Poecilips rhizophorae Hopkins and Sphaeroma terebrans<br />

Bate) invade prop roots of trees along tidal channels and occasionally cause extensive<br />

damage in .Florida.<br />

Other Pests: Crabs and monkeys eat freshly planted seedlings in Panama and Malaysia.<br />

Diseases: A fungal pathogen (Cylindrocarpum didymum (Hartig) Wollenw.) produces a<br />

gall disease that results in malformation of the trunk and prop roots in Florida. Heavily<br />

infested trees are killed by the disease or secondary agents.<br />

Reference: Jimenez, 1985b.<br />

Species: Sabal causiarum (0. F. Cook) Becc.<br />

Creole Names: latanye fran, latanye jon<br />

Family: Arecaceae (=Palmae)<br />

Insect Pests: Larvae of the palm bruchid beetles (Car<strong>yo</strong>bruchus sp., C. gleditsiae<br />

Johansson & Linne) feed in the seed and exit as adults that feed on the flowers, nectar,<br />

and pollen.<br />

Reference: Johnson et aI., 1995.<br />

Species: Sabal domingensis Becc.<br />

Creole Names: latanye chapo, pay<br />

Family: Arecaceae (=Palmae)<br />

Insect Pests: Larvae of the palm bruchid beetles (Car<strong>yo</strong>bruchus sp., C. gleditsiae<br />

Johansson & Linne) feed in the seed and exit as adults that feed on the flowers, nectar,<br />

and pollen.<br />

Reference: Johnson et aI., 1995.<br />

Species: Schefflera morototoni (AubI.) Maguire Steyerm. & Frodin<br />

Creole Name: bwa kano<br />

Family: Araliaceae<br />

Insect Pests: Several lepidopteran and coleopteran insects consume foliage or woody<br />

material in Puerto Rico.<br />

Other Pests: Stranglers (e.g., Clusia griesebachiana) and climbers (e.g., Ipomea spp.)<br />

are common on wet montane sites in Puerto Rico.<br />

Reference: Leigel, 1990.

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