Parinari rodolphii Huber

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Chrysobalanaceae > Parinari

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 40 m tall. The trunk is 45 cm across. It can have buttresses 2 m high. The outer bark is flaky. The young branches have stiff rusty brown hairs. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are narrowly oval and 15 cm long by 4 cm wide. They are densely hairy underneath. The flowers are in dense groups at the ends of branches. These are 6 cm long and have rusty brown hairs. The fruit is narrowly oval and 6 cm long. It is warty and pinkish yellow on the outside. The flesh is starchy, yellow and has a sweet scent.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.45
Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests that are not or only occasionally flooded.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Parinari rodolphii world distribution map, present in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727162-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817934
COL ID 4DMKG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732992
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Synonyms

Parinari rodolphii Parinari lucidissima