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Useful Tropical Plants

Pseudolmedia macrophylla

Trécul

Moraceae

+ Synonyms

Ficus cystopoda (Miq.) Miq.

Pseudolmedia murure Standl.

Urostigma cystopodum Miq.

Common Name:

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General Information

Pseudolmedia macrophylla is a shrub or a tree[
434
Title
Flora of Peru
Publication
 
Author
Macbride. J.F.
Publisher
Field Museum of Natural History
Year
1936
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

434
Title
Flora of Peru
Publication
 
Author
Macbride. J.F.
Publisher
Field Museum of Natural History
Year
1936
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.

Range

S. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.

Habitat

Not known

Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height0.00 m
Self-fertileNo
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details



A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
332
Title
The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
Burkil. H. M.
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
Year
1985 - 2004
ISBN
 
Description
Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
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Edible Uses

Fruit.

Medicinal

The bark is used to cure rheumatism, and to treat nerves[
924
Title
Studies of American Plants VII
Publication
Field Museum of Natural History Vol. 17 No. 2
Author
Standley P.C.
Publisher
Field Museum; Chicago.
Year
1937
ISBN
 
Description
Newly described (in 1937) plants from the Americas.
].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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