Dussia macroprophyllata Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Dussia

Characteristics

Tree to ca. 40 m tall; young stems yellowish to reddish tomentose. Leaves 7-9-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate; leaflets 6-18 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, ovate, elliptic, elliptic oblong, or obovate, the apex obtuse or sometimes acuminate, densely crisp pubescent below, glabrous above. Inflorescence racemose, reddish tomen-tose, the bracts clawed, rhomboid lanceolate, acuminate, 7-10 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, oblique, erose; bracteoles ovate, clawed, cordate, erose, 9-12 mm long, 8-9 mm wide, acute. Flowers 17-20 mm long; calyx ca. 10 mm long, the lobes ca. 5 mm long; corolla purplish. Fruit ca. 5 cm long, ca. 2.5 cm wide, 1-seeded.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 35.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rain forest; at elevations from 15-2,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Dussia macroprophyllata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Dussia macroprophyllata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Dussia macroprophyllata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Dussia macroprophyllata fruit picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)
Dussia macroprophyllata fruit picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Dussia macroprophyllata world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama

Conservation status

Dussia macroprophyllata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86181-2
WFO ID wfo-0000163882
COL ID 6DQ49
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Diplotropis macroprophyllata Cashalia panamensis Dussia macroprophyllata