Atuna racemosa Raf.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Chrysobalanaceae > Atuna

Characteristics

A medium sized tree. It can be 20 m tall. The trunk is 30-60 cm across. It has buttresses. The leaves are simple and entire. The leaves bear 2 glands on the side of the midrib near the base. The leaves and oblong and blunt at the base and slightly pointed at the top. The flowers are pressed closely together. The flower petals are white but can be tinged with purple near the base. The fruit are egg shaped. The fruit are brown and almost round. They are 8-10 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. In Fiji it grows from sea level to about 500 m altitude. It grows in forest and grassland. It occurs in Camarines, Albay, Masbate, Palawan and Mindanao in the Philippines. In Papua New Guinea it grows in the islands, Morobe and Western Provinces.
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A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed forests at elevations up to 400 metres. It is usually found on hillsides and ridges with sandy to clayey soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The fruit are used to scent coconut oil. They are also used to flavour fish. The young fruit are eaten partially raw with cooked fish. The seeds are eaten with fish.
Uses essential oil food fuel material medicinal oil social use timber wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Atuna racemosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Atuna racemosa world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Indonesia, Iceland, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, United States of America, and Samoa

Conservation status

Atuna racemosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822142-1
WFO ID wfo-0000823184
COL ID JNF9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Parinari racemosa Parinari margarata Parinari mindanaensis Petrocarya scabra Parinari macrophylla Parinari scabra Parinari laurina Atuna racemosa Chrysobalanus racemosus Cyclandrophora glaberrima Cyclandrophora elata Parinari glaberrima Petrocarya glaberrima Ferolia glaberrima Cyclandrophora laurina Cyclandrophora scabra Parinari curranii Parinari elata Parinari hahlii Parinari lanceolata Parinari warburgii Atuna elata Atuna scabra Parinari scabra var. lanceolata Parinari scabra var. macrophylla Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa Ferolia scabra