Casearia aculeata Jacq.

Thom prickle (en), Pois piante marron (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Casearia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 2.5-4.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 4.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry or moist thickets, sometimes in open forest. Dense rainforest, semideciduous seasonal forest, wooded and more open savannah; shrubby maritime vegetation; secondary vegetation; at elevations from 80-525 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Casearia aculeata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Casearia aculeata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Casearia aculeata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Casearia aculeata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Casearia aculeata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Casearia aculeata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Casearia aculeata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Casearia aculeata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47939-2
WFO ID wfo-0000923807
COL ID 5XDB9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 888382
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Casearia aculeata Casearia avellana Casearia obtusifolia Casearia rufidula Casearia sericea Casearia urbaniana Chetocrater hirta Guidonia alba Casearia odorata Samyda spinosa Casearia alba Casearia berberoidia Casearia berteriana Casearia boliviana Casearia hassleri Casearia hirta Casearia obovata Casearia prunifolia Casearia spinosa Guidonia hirta Samyda tomentosa Samyda affinis Casearia avellana Casearia berteroana Xylosma turrialbana Chaetocrater hirtum Samyda multiflora Casearia microphylla Samyda enneandria Casearia aculeata var. tafallana Casearia guianensis var. rafflesioides Casearia hirsuta var. glabrata Casearia spinosa var. coriacifolia Casearia spinosa var. tafallana Guidonia hirta var. glabriora Casearia ramiflora var. spinosa Guidonia hirsuta var. glabrata Casearia nicoyensis Casearia riparia