Rourea glabra Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Connaraceae > Rourea

Characteristics

Woody lianas. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 3-5, elliptic to oval, apex sub-caudate-acuminate to obtuse, 4-12 cm. long, 2-6 cm. broad, glabrous. Sepals 2-3 mm. long in flower, 4-5 mm. in fruit, eglandular, glabrous or inconspicuously cilio-late; petals white, 5-6 mm. long. Follicles about 1.5 cm. long, glabrous.
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A tree.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or dry thickets or mixed lowland forest, often in second growth, at elevations up to 300 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses dye fiber material medicinal vertebrate poison
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Canicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Raticide (unspecified), Skin (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Rourea glabra world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:264767-1
WFO ID wfo-0000398995
COL ID 4TH84
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rourea granatensis Rourea glabra Rourea paucifoliata Connarus oblongifolius Santalodes glabrum Connarus glaber Robergia glabra Rourea oblongifolia Rourea paucifoliolata Rourea cubensis Rourea sympetala Rourea oblongifolia var. floribunda Rourea glabra var. floribunda Rourea glabra var. glabra