WorldFloraDB - Byrsonima lucida

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 1–6 m. Leaves often clustered at tips of shoots; blade obovate, larger blades 20–30 × 9–19(–24) mm, base cuneate or gradually narrowed, apex rounded or obtuse, surfaces very sparsely sericeous to soon glabrate. Inflorescences 2.5–5 cm, 6–10(–16)-flowered. Pedicels straight in bud, somewhat decurved in fruit. Flowers: anthers glabrous, locules rounded at apex, connectives equaling or exceeding locules to 0.3 mm; ovary glabrous. Drupes 8–12 mm diam. (dried), ovoid to spheroid with short apical beak when immature, glabrous.

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An evergreen tree. It grows 10 m high. The leaves are narrow and spoon shaped. They are 5-8 cm long. They are shiny and blue-green. They are clustered towards the tips of the twigs. The flowers are in round groups. They become pink, red or yellow with age. The fruit is fleshy and round. It is brown. It is edible.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Mature height (meter)

3.5 - 6.0

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It needs an average, well-drained soils. It can grow in full or part sun. It suits seasonally moist and dry regions. It has some salt tolerance. It suits hardiness zones 9-12.

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Usage

Uses	environmental use material tea
Edible	fruits
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Cultivation

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