Amyris elemifera L.

Sea torchwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Amyris

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows 4-12 m tall. The bark is grey and smooth but becomes rough. The leaves hang down and have a smell. The leaves are compound and almost opposite. There are 3-5 sword shaped leaflets. The flowers are small and white. The fruit is fleshy and round. It is black and has one seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.9 - 8.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Brushy rocky hillsides or ravines, sometimes on limestone, at elevations of 350-1,000 metres, sometimes less. Open thickets on arid limestone soils.
More
It is a tropical plant.
Light 2-3
Soil humidity 2-2
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses forage material medicinal oil wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Puerperium (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tumor(Joint) (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Amyris elemifera unspecified picture

Distribution

Amyris elemifera world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Amyris elemifera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126885-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532633
COL ID D9J3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629068
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Elemifera floridana Elemifera maritima Amyris floridana Amyris elemifera Amyris sylvatica Elemifera silvatica Elemifera sylvatica Amyris maritima var. angustifolia Elemifera maritima var. unifoliata Amyris maritima