Baccaurea parviflora (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Phyllanthaceae > Baccaurea

Characteristics

A small tree or large shrub. It grows 6 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 20 cm long by 9 cm wide. Trees are separately male and female. The flowering stalks are on the trunk. The fruit are pear shaped and berry like. It is 2.5 cm long by 1 cm wide. It is angled and can be winged. The fruit are deep red or purple-black. The flesh is acid and edible. The fruit are born on the trunk close to the ground. They are on strings.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

An understorey tree of primary and secondary evergreen forest, steep hillsides to dry parts of swamps to alluvial forest at elevations from sea level to 1,250 metres.
More
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forest up to 450 m altitude. It is recorded up to 1,250 m altitude.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are good for stewing.
Uses dye food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds, air-layering and grafting.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Baccaurea parviflora world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:339660-1
WFO ID wfo-0000305136
COL ID K6SP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Baccaurea scortechinii Baccaurea singaporica Baccaurea affinis Baccaurea parviflora Pierardia parviflora Baccaurea rostrata