Parinari campestris Aubl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Chrysobalanaceae > Parinari

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 25 m tall. It can have thick buttresses. The trunk is 12-15 m long. The twigs are covered with brown hairs when young. The leaves are alternate. The leaf blades are leathery and oval. They are 6-13 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. They are dull above and hairy underneath. The flowering shoots are at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. They are covered with brown hairs. The flowers have 5 white petals. The fruit is small, oval and yellow. It is 4-6 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. It contains a single seed or occasionally two.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and savannah. It can be on ridges in marsh forest.
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Rain, marsh and savannah forests, where it is locally abundant on old, high ridges.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses eating material medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Parinari campestris world distribution map, present in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Parinari campestris threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727083-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817668
COL ID 4DMG2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732988
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Synonyms

Petrocarya campestris Balantium cordifolium Dugortia nucamentosa Ferolia campestris Parinari campestris