Brosimum acutifolium Huber

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Brosimum

Characteristics

Tree up to 35 m tall, dioecious. Branchlets white to brownish puberulous to hirtellous. Stipules free, semi-amplexicaul, 0.2-0.8 cm long, pubescent; petiole 0.3-1.6 cm long; blade chartaceous to (sub)coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, or obovate to narrowly obovate, (1-)3-20 x (0.5-)2-7 cm, margin entire, apex acuminate, base acute to obtuse; scabrous to smooth, sparsely hispidulous to puberulous above, hirtellous to puberulous beneath; primary vein plane above, veins prominent beneath, secondary veins 8-15 pairs, tertiary veins not parallel. Receptacle with many densely white-puberulous bracts. Staminate inflorescences globose, 0.4-0.8 cm in diam.; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm long; perianth lacking; stamens 1-3, surrounded by 3 perianth-like bracts. Pistillate inflorescences (sub)globose, 0.5-1.2 cm in diam.; peduncle 0.5-1.2 cm long; flowers 1-5; stigmas ca. 0.5 mm long. Infructescences (sub)globose to convexly discoid, 2-3 cm in diam., orange to yellow at maturity.
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A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Humid forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison wood
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Brosimum acutifolium world distribution map, present in Brazil and French Guiana

Conservation status

Brosimum acutifolium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37254-2
WFO ID wfo-0000572376
COL ID NDZV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734294
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Synonyms

Brosimum acutifolium Piratinera acutifolia Brosimopsis acutifolia Brosimum acutifolium subsp. acutifolium

Lower taxons

Brosimum acutifolium subsp. obovatum Brosimum acutifolium subsp. interjectum