Hevea spruceana Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Hevea

Characteristics

An deciduous tree. It grows 40 m tall. The trunk is swollen at the base. The bark is smooth and brown. The leaves are arranged in spirals. They are compound and the leaflets are narrowly oval. The flowers are small and yellow. The fruit is a capsule exploding into 3 lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in low and deeply flooded river-banks in the rainforest.
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Low and very deeply flooded river-banks in the rainforest.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The seeds are cooked and eaten. Caution: The seeds contain cyanide and are poisonous unless well cooked.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. It can also be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Hevea spruceana world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, and Guyana

Conservation status

Hevea spruceana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:349947-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982163
COL ID 3LFVL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Siphonia spruceana Hevea paraensis Hevea similis Hevea spruceana Hevea spruceana f. discolor Hevea spruceana f. similis Hevea spruceana f. tridentata Hevea discolor Hevea spruceana var. discolor Hevea spruceana var. similis Hevea spruceana var. tridentata Siphonia discolor