Caryocar villosum Pers.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Caryocaraceae > Caryocar

Characteristics

A tree. It grows to 20-40-50 m high. The trunk is 1-2.5 m across. The leaves have long leaf stalks. The leaves are compound with leaflets that are hairy on the upper surface. The leaflets are 6-12 cm long. The flowers occur in a cluster. The fruit are an irregular round shape. The outside is spiny. The fruit are 4-5 cm across. There are 1-2 white, oily seeds inside.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 30.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas with 1700-2500 mm annual rainfall. It grows in dryland forest in the Amazon.
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Found in both primary and secondary rainforests on land that is not subject to periodic inundation.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Seeds used to extract oil. The oil is used in cooking. The nut is eaten. Both the fruit and seeds contain edible oil. The fruit pulp is eaten fresh but usually after cooking. It is boiled in salted water. Caution: The seeds have rigid spines that must be avoided.
Uses food fuel material medicinal oil wood
Edible fruits nuts seeds
Therapeutic use Anti-infective agents (bark), Antipyretics (bark), Diuretics (bark), Sweating (bark), Antineoplastic agents (fruit), Pesticides (fruit), Sweating (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. The ripe fruit are harvested from the tree or off the ground and the seeds are removed and dried in the sun. The seeds are in the pits and the pits are soaked in water fro 48 hours changing the water every 12 hours. They are then planted and grow in 30-60 days.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Caryocar villosum world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Caryocar villosum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828606-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808353
COL ID RJ3J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732873
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Synonyms

Rhizobolus butyrosus Pekea villosa Saouari villosa Caryocar butyrosum Caryocar villosum Caryocar villosum var. aesculifolium Caryocar villosum var. macrophyllum Souari villosa Pekea butyrosa