Aspidosperma cuspa S.F.Blake ex Pittier

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Aspidosperma

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

In arid thickets, light woodlands, and savannahs.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Febrifuge (unspecified), Fever (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 -

Distribution

Aspidosperma cuspa world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Aspidosperma cuspa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77347-1
WFO ID wfo-0000290491
COL ID HHNN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aspidosperma ellipticum Aspidosperma lucentivenium Thyroma bicolor Thyroma decipiens Thyroma lhotzkiana Thyroma sessiliflora Aspidosperma bicolor Aspidosperma cuspa Aspidosperma domingense Aspidosperma lhotzkyanum Aspidosperma sessiliflorum Aspidosperma woronovii Conoria cuspa Conohria cuspa Aspidosperma lhotzkyanum var. hypolasium Aspidosperma lhotzkyanum var. parvifolium Macaglia bicolor Macaglia decipiens Aspidosperma decipiens