Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Pseudolmedia

Characteristics

Tree up to 35 m tall. Branchlets appressed-puberulous. Stipules 0.2-0.8(-1.2) cm long, appressed-puberulous or appressed-pubescent, terminal buds slender; petiole 0.3-1 cm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, (2.5)4-13(-18) x 1.5-4.5(-5.5) cm, apex acuminate to acute, base acute to obtuse (to subcordate), margin entire, glabrous above, puberulous or glabrous beneath; veins prominent to plane beneath, secondary veins (9-)15-23 pairs. Staminate inflorescences 0.4-0.8 cm in diam.; involucral bracts 15-35. Pistillate inflorescences 0.2-0.3 cm in diam.; involucral bracts 10-18; stigmas 4-5(-7) mm long. Fruiting perianth ellipsoid, 0.8-0.9 x 0.6-0.7 cm, (partly) white puberulous.
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A shrub. It grows 2-5 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Rain forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Pseudolmedia laevigata world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Pseudolmedia laevigata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:856393-1
WFO ID wfo-0000473916
COL ID 78G3P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734336
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Synonyms

Pseudolmedia laevigata Pseudolmedia brosimifolia Pseudolmedia mildbraedii Pseudolmedia guaranitica