Characteristics
A tree. It grows 4-10 m high. The trunk is crooked and 20-30 cm across. The leaf blades are narrowly oval and 3-3.5 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. The flowers do not have stalks and occur as 1 or 2 in the axils of leaves. The fruit are round and 1 cm across. They turn black when ripe.
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| Growth form |
tree
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| Growth support |
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| Foliage retention |
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
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| Spread |
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| Mature width (meter) |
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| Mature height (meter) |
5.5 - 8.5
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| Root system |
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
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| Root diameter (meter) |
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
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| Fruit color |
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| Fruiting months |
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| Nitrogen fixer |
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
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Environment
Moist mixed Araucaria forest, gallery forests and grasslands.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
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| Soil texture |
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| Soil acidity |
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| Soil nutriment |
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from fallen ripe fruit and allowed to partly decompose by putting in a plastic bag before the seeds are washed under running water. Seeds need to be planted fresh. Seedlings emerge in 30-40 days.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
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| Germination luminosity |
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| Germination treatment |
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
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| Size |
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| Vigor |
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| Productivity |
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