Oxandra lanceolata Baill.

Blacklancewood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Oxandra

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The trunk is 10-30 cm across. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. There are 1-4 fruit in a group. They are green and turn dark red to black as they ripen.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Woods and thickets, often on limestone soils at elevations up to 450 metres.
More
A tropical plant. It grows in dry thickets and deciduous forests.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Tetanus (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 -

Conservation status

Oxandra lanceolata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:74293-1
WFO ID wfo-0000385372
COL ID 4BBQV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oxandra lanceolata Bocagea virgata Uvaria lanceolata Cananga lancea Guatteria virgata Oxandra virgata Oxandra lanceolata subsp. macrocarpa