Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

Bodywood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Bourreria

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows 6 m high. The flowers are in clusters. The fruit are shiny and orange. They are the size of a pea. The flesh is sweet and succulent.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal and limestone forests, especially in thickets and cutover forests..
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A tropical plant. It can tolerate drought.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit pulp is eate raw.
Uses material medicinal tea wood
Edible barks fruits leaves roots
Therapeutic use Cold (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Enuresis (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

Flower

Bourreria succulenta flower picture by Michel G (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Bourreria succulenta world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States of America, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Conservation status

Bourreria succulenta threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1088317-2
WFO ID wfo-0000570028
COL ID 692NG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629186
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lithocardium glabrum Morelosia beurera Bourreria domingensis Bourreria succulenta Cordia glabra Ehretia beurreria Ehretia bourreria Ehretia bourreria Bourreria baccata Bourreria clariuscula Bourreria velutina Bourreria venosa Bourreria wrightii Collococcus glaber Cordia bourreria Crematomia attenuata Crematomia elongata Crematomia molliuscula Crematomia revoluta Crematomia venosa Ehretia domingensis Ehretia grandiflora Ehretia revoluta Ehretia rupestris Ehretia velutina Bourreria beureria Morelosia revoluta Hymenesthes nitida Ehretia recurva Morelosia domingensis Morelosia ovata Morelosia recurva Bourreria grandiflora Bourreria succulenta f. umbrosa Bourreria ovata Bourreria rigida Cordia beurreria Bourreria succulenta var. canescens Bourreria succulenta var. revoluta Bourreria tomentosa var. velutina Bourreria velutina var. venosa Ehretia bourreria var. para-calophylla Bourreria recurva Bourreria revoluta