A canopy tree, it is found on a range of sites from moist to fairly wet. It is a component of mixed forests in lowland areas, becoming more dominatant at higher elevations where it eventually forms pure stands; at elevations from 100-2,400 metres.
Life form | perennial |
Growth form | tree |
Growth support | free-standing |
Foliage retention | evergreen |
Sexuality | monoecy |
Pollination | anemogamy |
Spread | - |
Mature width (meter) | 1.8 |
Mature height (meter) | 30.0 |
Root system | tap-root |
Rooting depth (meter) | - |
Root diameter (meter) | - |
Flower color | - |
Blooming months | - |
Fruit color | - |
Fruiting months | - |
Nitrogen fixer | - |
Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
Light | |
Soil humidity | |
Soil texture | |
Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | dye environmental use food forestry material medicinal oil tea timber wood |
Edible | seeds |
Therapeutic use | - |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | cuttings seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | 30 - 60 |
Germination temperacture (C°) | 12 - 18 |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | soaking |
Minimum temperature (C°) | -45 |
Optimum temperature (C°) | 23 - 30 |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77095028-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000481525 |
COL ID | 4J2HD |
BDTFX ID | 119784 |
INPN ID | 717424 |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |