WorldFloraDB - Licania rigida

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 15 m high. The leaves are alternate. They are 12 cm long and 6 cm wide. The flowers are yellow and 3 mm across. They are in spike branches. The fruit is long and fleshy. They are 2-7 cm long. The fruit are green.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

13.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows on flood plains of rivers. It has deep roots so can grow in drier soils.

More

Dry, open forests, often in secondary formations, on low, alluvial floodplains, often near rivers.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	animal food material medicinal oil paints printing inks species timber wood
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:726138-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000816277
COL ID	6PWBW
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Licania rigida Pleragina umbrosissima

WorldFloraDB 2024

Licania rigida Benth.

Oiticica (en)

Species