Hevea benthamiana Müll.Arg.

Bentham's hevea (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Hevea

Characteristics

A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows 20 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Low alluvial flood-sites and often-times growing in all year Mauritia-bogs.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in low alluvial flood sites.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The seeds are cooked and eaten. They are cooked for 24 hours then the liquid strained off. Caution: They can contain cyanide so need to be well cooked.
Uses -
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
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°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Hevea benthamiana world distribution map, present in Brazil and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Hevea benthamiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:349911-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982070
COL ID 6LTCR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hevea benthamiana f. obtusiloba Hevea benthamiana Hevea benthamiana f. caudata Hevea benthamiana f. huberiana Hevea benthamiana f. obtusifolia Hevea benthamiana f. subglabrifolia Hevea discolor Hevea duckei Hevea benthamiana var. obtusiloba Hevea benthamiana var. caudata Hevea benthamiana var. huberiana Hevea benthamiana var. obtusifolia Hevea benthamiana var. subglabrifolia Hevea benthamiana var. typica