WorldFloraDB - Clarisia racemosa

Characteristics

Tree up to 40 m tall; hairs straight. Branchlets minutely puberulous to almost glabrous. Stipules ovate, 0.1-0.3 cm long, puberulous; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long; blade coriaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 5-14 x 2-6.5 cm, apex acuminate, base obtuse to truncate or sometimes to acute, margin entire, glabrous above, sparsely puberulous beneath; primary vein plane to slightly impressed above, veins more or less prominent beneath, secondary veins 9-18 pairs. Inflorescences on leafless branchlets. Staminate inflorescences 1-10 cm long; peduncle 0.1-0.8 cm long; stamens 1-2(-3). Pistillate inflorescences uniflorous, occasionally 2 flowers; stigmas 5-7 cm long. Fruiting perianth ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 cm high.

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A tree. It grows 40 m high. It has white latex. The bark peels off revealing orange. The male flowering shoots are usually in pairs. The fruit is oval or pear shaped. It is 4 cm long by 2.3 cm wide. It can be yellow, orange or red. The fruit stalk is fleshy and edible. The seeds are narrowly oval and 2.8 cm long by 1.8 cm wide. They are fairly soft.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	dioecy
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Mature height (meter)	32.5
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

A canopy tree in the rainforest, favouring clayey soils in areas not subject to inundation.

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It is a tropical plant. It grows in upland rainforest.

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Usage

Uses	material medicinal timber wood
Edible	fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

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