Drypetes kikir Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Putranjivaceae > Drypetes

Characteristics

A tree. It grows about 36 m high. The leaves are alternate and simple They are leathery. The flowers are 3 mm across. They are greenish-yellow. They are in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 1.5 cm long and orange and fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 28.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests at elevations up to 1,500 merres. Only on hillsides and ridges with sandy soils, rarely on clay.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rain forest up to 1,500 m above sea level. It is usually on sandy soils.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:345076-1
WFO ID wfo-0000946534
COL ID 37YD9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Drypetes kikir