Characteristics
A small tree. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are simple and opposite. The bases overlap. The leaf stalk is 1 cm long. The leaf blade is 15 cm long by 4 cm wide. The are broadly sword shaped. The edges have rounded teeth. The flowers are of separate sexes with both sexes on one plant. The fruit is a 3 lobed capsule.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
monoecy
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
13.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests between 500-2,100 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
|
| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
Caution: It has toxic sap and the juice can cause abortions.
| Uses |
medicinal
poison
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| Edible
|
-
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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