Duguetia marcgraviana
Mart.
Annonaceae
Aberemoa brevipedunculata R.E.Fr.
Aberemoa marcgraviana (Mart.) R.E.Fr.
Aberemoa sanctae-crucis (S.Moore) R.E.Fr.
Duguetia brevipedunculata (R.E.Fr.) R.E.Fr.
Duguetia sanctae-crucis S.Moore
Common Name:
General Information
Duguetia marcgraviana is a tree (occasionally more shrub-like) growing from 3 - 25 metres tall. The trunk can be 5 - 45cm in diameter, occasionally reaching 70cm[
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
,
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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Duguetia marcgraviana has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major
threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
].
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
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Range
S. America - Bolivia, northern Brazil
Habitat
Non-inundated forest, occasionally in periodically inundated forest and savannahs, often in the transition zone between forest and savannah; at elevations up to 900 metres[
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
-
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 8.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
The flowers are aromatic[
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
].
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
335- Title
- Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics : an Inventory
- Publication
-
- Author
- Martin, F. W.; Campbell, C. W.; Rubertbe, R. M.
- Publisher
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
- Year
- 1987
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.
,
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
]. Eaten fresh or made into a beverage[
1438- 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 large, yellow, ovoid-globose, thorny, compound fruit, it contains an abundant white pulp that is soft, sweet and tasty[
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
]. Valued as a delicacy[]. The brown to red ifruit is broadly ovoid to globose, around 40 - 50mm in diameter, comprising 200 - 350 fertile carpels each 15 - 27mm long and 6 - 9mm 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
-
]
When subjected to fermentation the fruit gives a wine-like drink[
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
,
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
The fruit, whether green or ripe, has medicinal applications[
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
].
The seeds are used medicinally[
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
-
]. No more information.
Other Uses
The fibrous bark is used for the maintenance of river boats[
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
-
]. (As a caulk?[
K- Title
- Plants for a Future
- Author
- Ken Fern
- Description
- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
])
The wood is used to make canoes and is also used for internal construction[
461- Title
- Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil
- Publication
-
- Author
- Correa M.P.
- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro
- Year
- 1926
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
]. It is durable, and well-suited for making barrels and building boats because it is not attacked by borers[
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
-
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
