WorldFloraDB - Talisia esculenta

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 4-12 m high. The trunk is 25-30 cm across. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. There are 4-5 pairs of leaflets. The leaves are 8-10 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide. The flower clusters are 20-35 cm long. The flowers are white. They have a scent. Flowers have both sexes. Fruit occur in groups of 15-20, The fruit is almost round or oval and 3 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. They are yellow with white flesh. There is 1 seed per fruit.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
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Mature width (meter)	0.25 - 0.3
Mature height (meter)	10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It suits the hot, wet tropical lowlands. In Bolivia it grows up to 700 m altitude. It grows in dryland forests in western Amazon in Brazil.

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Rainforests, on land that does not become inundated. Dense primary forest as well as secondary formations, always in alluvial lowlands, at the bottom of valleys.

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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh.

Uses	food material medicinal poison wood
Edible	fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Fresh seed should be used. The ripe fruit containing seeds can be planted. Seeds germinate in 15-30 days. Seedlings can be transplanted into the field in 6-7 months.

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