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Useful Tropical Plants

Duguetia bahiensis

Maas

Annonaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name: PindaĆ­ba

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General Information

Duguetia bahiensis is a small tree usually growing around 4 - 10 metres tall, though specimens up to 20 metres have been recorded. The trunk is up to 12cm in diameter[
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Title
Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88)
Publication
 
Author
Maas P.J.M. et al
Publisher
New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
2003
ISBN
9780893274511
Description
 
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Duguetia bahiensis is under threat due to the destruction of its habitat (voastal forests) by various human activities. Although it is found in protected areas, it is suspected that there is a continuous decline in both its range and its population. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

2108
Title
Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88)
Publication
 
Author
Maas P.J.M. et al
Publisher
New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
2003
ISBN
9780893274511
Description
 

Range

S. America - eastern Brazil (Bahia, Esperito Santo)

Habitat

Coastal rain forest; at low elevations[
2108
Title
Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88)
Publication
 
Author
Maas P.J.M. et al
Publisher
New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
2003
ISBN
9780893274511
Description
 
]. Seasonally dry forest

Properties

Conservation StatusVulnerable
Edibility Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height7.00 m
PollinatorsInsects
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
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Title
Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
Publication
 
Author
Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
Publisher
 
Year
2014
ISBN
 
Description
A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
]. A sweet flavour[
2108
Title
Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88)
Publication
 
Author
Maas P.J.M. et al
Publisher
New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
2003
ISBN
9780893274511
Description
 
].The globose, green to greyish green, compound fruit is 25 - 35mm in diameter with 25 - 45 fertile carpels each 13 - 16mm long and 5 - 12mm in diameter[
2108
Title
Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88)
Publication
 
Author
Maas P.J.M. et al
Publisher
New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
2003
ISBN
9780893274511
Description
 
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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