Bellucia pentamera Naudin

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Bellucia

Characteristics

An erect shrub. It grows 3-5 m tall. It can grow to 20 m tall. The leaves are large, thick and rounded. They are lighter green underneath. Leaf stalks have grooves. The flowers and fruit can be in the axils of leaves or on the trunks. The flowers are pink. The fruit occur as 3-12 together. The fruit is a flattened berry. It is 2.5 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The fruit are pale yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in semi-humid forests. It grows on the higher parts of the floodplain. It can grow to 1,600 m above sea level.
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Wet mixed forest, sometimes in open pine forest, or in pastures, at elevations lower than 300 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses dye food gene source medicinal
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Plants are spaced 3 m apart.
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Images

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Distribution

Bellucia pentamera world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and South Africa

Conservation status

Bellucia pentamera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323200-2
WFO ID wfo-0001079007
COL ID LB26
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Synonyms

Bellucia weberbaueri Bellucia costaricensis Axinanthera bellucia Bellucia pentamera Bellucia axinanthera Bellucia aricuaizensium Axinanthera macrophylla