Parinari insularum A.Gray

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Chrysobalanaceae > Parinari

Characteristics

A tree. The trunk is fairly straight. The crown is light and rounded. It grows 8-30 m high. The trunk is about 50 cm across. The branches are bent and crooked. The bark is thick and scaly. It is rough and brownish grey. The leaves are thin and papery. The leaves are simple and arranged alternately. The leaves are hairy underneath. The flowers are in clusters near the ends of the small branches. The flowers are covered with brown hairs. The fruit are brown and spotted with grey. They are about 8 cm long. They hard outer layer of the fruit softens as they ripen.
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Leaves ovate, with long thin acumen, tapering from well below mid point; midrib impressed above
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 30.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 800 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Dysuria (unspecified)
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Images

Fruit

Parinari insularum fruit picture by Yves Burckel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Parinari insularum world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727122-1
WFO ID wfo-0000818029
COL ID 4DMHG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 821087
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Synonyms

Parinari insularum