Myroxylon peruiferum L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Myroxylon

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 15m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A wide-ranging tree found in a wide range of forest types and soil types, growing in both dense primary forest and more open, secondary formations.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses essential oil material medicinal perfumery wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified), Cancer (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 -

Images

Fruit

Myroxylon peruiferum fruit picture by Makoto Makoto (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Myroxylon peruiferum world distribution map, present in Argentina, American Samoa, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Peru

Conservation status

Myroxylon peruiferum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:509454-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174448
COL ID 45DDL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Myrospermum pedicellatum Myrospermum erythroxylum Toluifera pubescens Toluifera pedicellata Myrospermum pubescens Myrospermum arboreum Myrospermum robinifolium Myroxylon pubescens Myroxylon robiniifolium Myrospermum peruiferum Toluifera peruifera Toluifera erythroxyla Toluifera balsamum var. peruiferum Myroxylon peruiferum