Pradosia lactescens Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Pradosia

Characteristics

An evergreen tree. It grows 12-20 m high. The trunk is erect and 20-30 cm across. The leaves are towards the tips of the branches. They are narrowly oval and narrow wedge shaped at the base. They are 7-22 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. The flowers are in groups on the trunk and large branches. The fruit is oval and has one seed. They turn from green to yellow when ripe.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 16.0 - 20.0
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Environment

Damp floodplains in the rainforest, especially in coastal areas. More often found in open places and secondary forest; in primary forest it is most likely to be a canopy tree.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in humid forests near the Atlantic in Brazil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Aromatic (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit that are put in piles for a few days to allow them to partly decompose to make removing seeds more easy. The seeds are washed under running water. Seeds need to be planted fresh and with light shade. Seedlings emerge in 70-90 days.
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Images

Pradosia lactescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Pradosia lactescens world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:789270-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282219
COL ID 4M8CT
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lucuma glycyphloea Pometia lactescens Pradosia glycyphloea Pradosia lactescens Neopometia lactescens Pouteria lactescens Chrysophyllum lactescens Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum Chrysophyllum bumelioides Chrysophyllum buranhem Pradosia lutescens