Characteristics
A large tree. It grows 50 m tall. The trunk or bole extends for 36 m. The trunk can be 1 m across. It has buttresses. The leaves are grouped near the tips of the twigs. The leaves are 30 cm long and it is made up of leaflets with a leaflet at the end. The leaflets are opposite. They are 10 cm long and 5 cm wide and are not the same on each side. They are rough and end in a short tip. There are 15-20 pairs of veins. The flowers are in a panicle in the axils of the leaf. This can be 30 cm long. The flowers are small and white. The fruit is oval and fleshy with a hard stone inside. The fruit are 2-2.5 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. They are deep orange. There are 5 long fibres on the skin. The flesh is juicy and orange.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
50.0
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in tropical lowland rainforest. It often grows on limestone.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
The fruit are used as flavouring for food.
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
fruits
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
It can be grown from cuttings.
| Mode |
cuttings
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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