WorldFloraDB - Chiranthodendron pentadactylon

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite tree. It grows 16.5-18.5m high.

Life form

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Growth form

tree

Growth support

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Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

16.5 - 18.5

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Wet, mixed forest high on the mountains; often growing also in fields from which forest has been cleared, and probably planted in some rural regions; at elevations from 2,000-3,000 metres in Guatemala.

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Soil humidity	-
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Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	fiber medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Anodyne (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Ulcer (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	-