Heliotropium verdcourtii Craven

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 0.005-0.006m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.01
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Depurative (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Mouth (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Infection (unspecified), Larvicide (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Heliotropium verdcourtii world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069564-1
WFO ID wfo-0000719031
COL ID 3KCX3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630824
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pittonia hirsuta Tournefortia hirsutissima Messerschmidia tomentosa Cordia pellita Tournefortia asperrima Tournefortia schomburgkii Tournefortia tomentosa Bourreria cumanensis Ehretia cumanensis Heliotropium verdcourtii Bourreria cumanensis Tournefortia calycosa Oskampia hirsuta Tournefortia elliptica Tournefortia billbergiana Tournefortia carnosa Tournefortia tepicana Ehretia cymosa Tournefortia alba Tournefortia odorata Ehretia laevis var. cymosa Tournefortia bicolor var. calycosa Messerschmidia hirsutissima