Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.

Caribbean princewood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Exostema

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite tree. It grows 5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry, brushy, often rocky slopes, at elevations of 400-1,300 metres in Guatemala. Arid coastal thickets and woodlands on limestone soils at elevations from sea level to 250 metres in Jamaica.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal tea wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Blood (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Malaria (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

Leaf

Exostema caribaeum leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Exostema caribaeum leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Exostema caribaeum flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Exostema caribaeum fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Exostema caribaeum world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Conservation status

Exostema caribaeum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1125915-2
WFO ID wfo-0000966139
COL ID 6HMBM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629726
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cinchona caribbeana Cinchona herbacea Cinchona racemosa Cinchona caribaea Exostema caribaeum Cinchona jamaicensis Cinchona myrtifolia Exostema veraensis Exostema longicuspe Exostema caribaeum var. pubescens Exostema caribaeum var. velutinum