Virola surinamensis Warb.

Baboonwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Myristicaceae > Virola

Characteristics

A tall tree. It can grow 20 m tall. It can have tall buttresses. It can have prop roots. The branches are in groups of 3 or 4 and are horizontal. Leaves are alternate and regularly spaced. They are 60 cm long and leathery. The male flowers are in groups of 10-20 on woody shoots. The female flowers are in groups of 2-3 in the axils of leaves. The fruit are oval capsules. They occur singly or in pairs. They have rusty coloured hairs. The nuts are large in size.
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 -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rainforests, in both primary and secondary formations, in areas liable to periodic inundation. Swamp and marshy forests.
More
A tropical plant. It grows in swamp and wet forests. It grows up to 700 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The seeds are the source of an edible fat. It is used to flavour foods.
Uses food material medicinal timber wood
Edible arils seeds
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Hematochezia (unspecified), Spice (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Distribution

Virola surinamensis world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Virola surinamensis threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267202-2
WFO ID wfo-0000418479
COL ID 5BK67
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630882
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Palala gracilis Myristica fatua Virola glaziovii Myristica gracilis Virola nobilis Palala surinamensis Virola carinata var. gracilis Myristica sebifera var. longifolia Myristica surinamensis Virola glaziovii var. latifolia Virola surinamensis

Lower taxons

Myristica fatua subsp. affinis