Thyrsodium spruceanum Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Thyrsodium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 10-22 m tall. The trunk is straight and the crown in open. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. The leaves are dark green above and more pale underneath. The fruit are green and 2.5 cm long. There is one large seed inside.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 13.0 - 19.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rainforests, found as a sub-canopy to canopy tree in both dense, primary growth and also in more open and secondary growth formations, usually avoiding land that is seasonally inundated, at elevations from sea level to 800 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in rainforest. It grows up to 800 m above sea level.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from fresh seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Images

Leaf

Thyrsodium spruceanum leaf picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thyrsodium spruceanum world distribution map, present in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Thyrsodium spruceanum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71652-1
WFO ID wfo-0000409419
COL ID 56TDP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732494
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Synonyms

Thyrsodium schomburgkianum Thyrsodium salzmannianum Thyrsodium spruceanum Thyrsodium dasytrichum Garuga schomburgkiana Garuga spruceana Garuga schomburgkiana var. salzmanniana Thyrsodium schomburgkianum var. salzmannianum Thyrsodium giganteum Thyrsodium paraense Garuga gigantea