Erythroxylum rotundifolium Lunan

Ratwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Erythroxylaceae > Erythroxylum

Characteristics

A perennial evergreen tree. It grows 6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Lagoon margins and inland thickets on well-drained limestone, gravel or serpentine soils, at elevations from sea level to about 750 metres in Jamaica. Dry forest, often along water courses, at elevations up to 900 metres in Costa Rica.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Debility (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Erythroxylum rotundifolium habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Erythroxylum rotundifolium habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Erythroxylum rotundifolium leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Erythroxylum rotundifolium leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Erythroxylum rotundifolium world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Conservation status

Erythroxylum rotundifolium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330190-2
WFO ID wfo-0000680090
COL ID 3BG33
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Erythroxylum fiscalense Erythroxylum pringlei Erythroxylum rotundifolium Erythroxylum sessiliflorum Erythroxylum suave Erythroxylum compactum Erythroxylum spinescens Erythroxylum tikalense Erythroxylum brevipes var. spinescens Erythroxylum suave var. aneurum Erythroxylum suave var. compactum Erythroxylum suave var. jamaicense Erythroxylum brevipes var. spinescens Erythroxylum obovatum Erythroxylum pallidum