Protium osseum (Gaertn.) Byng & Christenh.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Protium

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 20m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Antiseptic (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Mucous (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Umbilicus (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77183673-1
WFO ID wfo-0001423937
COL ID 4N4HD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 636990
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Synonyms

Tetragastris cubensis Caproxylon hedwigii Hedwigia balsamifera Icica hedwigia Tetragastris ossea Bursera balsamifera Protium osseum Hedwigia tussaccii Tetragastris balsamifera Tetragastris balsamifera var. lanceifolia