Hura polyandra Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Hura

Characteristics

A perennial monoecious deciduous tree. It grows 25m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually found on forested plains or on dry, often rocky, thinly forested hillsides, at elevations below 1,200 metres. It is often found in cleared pastures, about dwellings, or along roadsides.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison vertebrate poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Canicide (unspecified), Elephantiasis (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified), Leprosy (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°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Hura polyandra unspecified picture

Distribution

Hura polyandra world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Conservation status

Hura polyandra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:350061-1
WFO ID wfo-0000215719
COL ID 6MGP6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hura polyandra