Characteristics
A small tree. It grows 10 m tall. The trunk is short and branched and 15 cm across. The bark is smooth and brown with small cracks. The crown is spreading. The twigs and pods have reddish hairs. The leaves are large and compound. They are They are 15-30 cm long. There can be up to 4 or 5 pairs of leaflets along the stalk. These are narrowly oval and shiny. The leaflets have winged stalks. The flowers are large and greenish white. They do not have stalks and occur along an axis 15 cm long. The fruit are large brown pods 25-40 cm long and 6 cm wide and thick and flat.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
11.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
rhizobia
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
Lowland forests in Trinidad.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The pulp around the seeds in the pod is sweet and edible.
Cultivation
Plants grow easily from seeds. Seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks given moisture and shade.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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