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Lecythis lanceolata Poir.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Lecythidaceae > Lecythis

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 12-28 m high. The crown is round and dense. The trunk is upright and 50-70 cm across. The bark is thick and has deep cracks along it. The leaves have wavy edges. They are 3-9 cm long and 2-5 cm wide. The leaf stalks are 5-10 cm long and hairy. The flowers are in groups below the leaves. The flowering groups are 8-16 cm long. There are 2-25 flowers that are red. The fruit is hard and has a cap. It is 20 cm long by 20 cm wide and has 4-12 seeds. The aril is white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 17.5 - 24.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Found mainly in primary forests in well-drained, fertile lands on slopes.
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A tropical plant. It grows in forests near the Atlantic in Brazil.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The nuts are eaten fresh.
Uses environmental use food material medicinal oil wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Depilatory (unspecified), Fatality (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. The ripe fruit are put in the sun to open then the seeds planted fresh. Seeds germinate in 5-7 weeks. Seedlings are transplanted in 7-8 months.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Lecythis lanceolata world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:597275-1
WFO ID wfo-0000774397
COL ID 3SW6M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lecythis ollaria Lecythis limbata Lecythis minor Lecythis miersii Lecythis biserrata Lecythis platyzone Lecythis pohlii Lecythis madagascariensis Lecythis tuberculata Lecythis vasiformis Lecythis lacunosa Lecythis coxiana Lecythis lanceolata Lecythis variolata
WorldFloraDB 2024