WorldFloraDB - Clusia rosea

Characteristics

Plants free-standing or epiphytic or epilithic, 0.1–10(–18) m. Leaves: petiole 10–20 mm; blade obovate, 7–15(–23) × 6.4–15 cm, base ± cuneate, apex rounded to emarginate. Inflorescences: peduncle 2 mm; bracts connate. Flowers: staminate unknown; pistillate: sepals in unequal pairs, spatulate to obovate, usually cucullate, to 1.5 × 2 cm; petals obovate-clawed, 3–4 cm, waxy; [staminodes connate, forming resinous cupule]; ovary globose; stigmas 6–9(–12). Capsules yellow, flushed red, globose, 5–8 cm diam.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention	evergreen
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Mature width (meter)	0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter)	1.5 - 10.0
Root system	adventitious-root
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Banks and hillsides in forests.

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Usage

Uses	environmental use material medicinal seasoning tea wood
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Anodyne (unspecified), Corn (unspecified), Dislocation (unspecified), Fracture (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Resolvent (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Hernia (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Sciatica (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

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