Hevea pauciflora Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Hevea

Characteristics

An evergreen tree. It grows 18 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 16.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rocky hillsides or high river-banks which are well drained and safe from the annual flood.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on rocky hillsides on well-drained non flooding soils.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The seeds are cooked and eaten. Caution: The seeds contain cyanide and and are poisonous unless well cooked.
Uses material medicinal poison
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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Hevea pauciflora world distribution map, present in Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Hevea pauciflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:349941-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982151
COL ID 6M5CP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 952276
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Synonyms

Hevea pauciflora Siphonia kunthiana Siphonia pauciflora

Lower taxons

Hevea pauciflora var. coriacea Hevea pauciflora var. pauciflora