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Xylopia aromatica Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Xylopia

Characteristics

A tree; young branchlets tomentose. Leaves large, 8-15 cm. long and 2.0-4.5 cm. broad, rigid, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, gradually narrowing at the apex, rounded or shortly acute at the base, glabrous on the upper side from the first except on the midrib, covered underneath with short patent or appressed hairs or even glabrous, glaucous; petioles 3-6 mm. long. Flowers numerous in axillary inflo-rescences; flower buds long and narrow, trigonous, densely sericeous. Calyx cup-shaped, with almost wholly connate sepals. Outer petals linear, up to 30 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad; inner petals a little shorter, about 1 mm. broad. Stamens 1.0-1.5 mm. long. Carpels very numerous (about 25). Monocarps cylindric, toru-lose, 2.0-2.5 cm. long and 6-7 mm. thick. Seeds about 6, ovoid, black, 5-6 mm. long.
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A small tree. It grows about 7 m high. The branches are long and hang down. The leaves are narrow and pointed. They are shiny above and bluish underneath. The side veins are very faint. The leaves are regularly spaced and in a flat plane. The flowers have 2 rings of petals of different sizes. The flowers are white. The fruit have several lobes arranged like a cluster. The skin is light green. The flesh is red. The seeds are black.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows naturally in the scrub lands of Brazil. It grows in disturbed secondary forests and along roadside. In Colombia it grows between 40-1,220 m above sea level.
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Scrubland. Wet, lowland forest in Peru. Sandy loam among shrubs and low trees of second growth at elevations around 400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The seeds have a taste and smell like black pepper. They can be used as a substitute for black pepper in cooking.
Uses food medicinal wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Gingivitis (unspecified), Spice (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
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Images

Leaf

Xylopia aromatica leaf picture by Rueda Fernando (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Xylopia aromatica flower picture by Julian Maya (cc-by-sa)
Xylopia aromatica flower picture by Martins Damacena Lucimar (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Xylopia aromatica world distribution map, present in Brazil and Panama

Conservation status

Xylopia aromatica threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76067-1
WFO ID wfo-0000428891
COL ID 5CLZB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732558
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Uvaria aromatica Unona cubensis Unona aromatica Unona xylopioides Unona lucida Xylopia grandiflora Xylopia lucida Xylopia longifolia Habzelia aromatica Habzelia cubensis Xylopicrum grandiflorum Xylopia cubensis Xylopia dunaliana Xylopicrum aromaticum Xylopia xylopioides Coelocline lucida Xylopia aromatica
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