Curarea toxicofera (Wedd.) Barneby & Krukoff

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Curarea

Characteristics

A creeper. It grows 10-12 m tall. The leaves are 8-24 cm long by 5-17 cm wide. The fruit are 1.8-2.1 cm long by 0.9-1.3 cm wide. They are dull orange to yellow when ripe.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 16.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It can grow in fields that are occasionally flooded and grows up to 500 m above sea level.
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Rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Poison(Arrow) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Curarea toxicofera world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72709-2
WFO ID wfo-0000630844
COL ID 32G49
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Cocculus toxicoferus Chondrodendron bioccai Chondrodendron polyanthum Chondrodendron toxicoferum Curarea toxicofera Hyperbaena polyantha Abuta toxifera