Licaria triandra (Sw.) Kosterm.

Florida licaria (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Licaria

Characteristics

Trees , 8-12 m. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 5-15 × 2-7 cm, base acute, apex slightly acuminate; surfaces glabrous when mature. Inflorescences to 10 cm, flowers often densely grouped at tips of inflorescence branchlets. Flowers 2-3 mm; tepals glabrous; stamens longer than tepals; pistil glabrous. Drupe to 3 cm.
More
A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.5 - 10.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Woodlands in moist, limestone and shale areas, at elevations from 120-900 metres.
More
It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses coffee substitute food additive material medicinal seasoning spice wood
Edible barks leaves
Therapeutic use Rheumatism (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Spasm (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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Licaria triandra world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Licaria triandra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139978-2
WFO ID wfo-0000365420
COL ID 6PW57
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630037
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Laurus limbosa Laurus triandra Misanteca pittieri Triplomeia montana Acrodiclidium triandrum Laurus parviflora Licaria triandra Licaria pittieri Aydendron cubense Misanteca triandra Nectandra limbata Acrodiclidium limbatum Acrodiclidium limbosum Benzoin glaucescens Litsea matudae Licaria quixos Licaria tikalana Misanteca reclinata Misanteca tikalana Misanteca jurgensenii Misanteca limbosa Misanteca cubensis Litsea cervantesii Persea orizabae Litsea schaffneri Licaria reclinata Symphysodaphne cubensis Licaria limbosa Tetranthera cervantesii Litsea glaucescens var. schaffneri Misanteca costaricensis Laurus cervantesii