Duguetia quitarensis
Benth.
Annonaceae
Aberemoa quitarensis (Benth.) R.E.Fr.
Duguetia ibonensis Rusby
Duguetia tessmannii R.E.Fr.
Common Name:
General Information
Duguetia quitarensis is a small to medium-sized tree (occasionally more shrub-like), with a spreading crown; it grows around 2 - 25 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical trunk is around 15 - 50cm in diameter and unbranched for around 20% of its height[
454- Title
- Useful Fiber Plants of the World
- Publication
-
- Author
- Dodge C.R.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
- Publisher
- USDA; Washington.
- Year
- 1897
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A rather dated, but very comprehensive catalogue of fibre plants from around the world. The book can be downloaded from the Internet.
,
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 quitarensis 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
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Publisher
-
- 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.
].
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 - Bolivia, northern Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
Habitat
Non-inundated forest or periodically inundated forest; at elevations from sea level 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
-
]. Deep, dark forest, growing in a sandy loam.
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 10.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
The flowers have a banana-like aroma[
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
-
].
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
,
2110- Title
- Wild edible fruits of Colombia: diversity and use prospects
- Publication
- Biota Colombiana 22 (2) - 2021
- Author
- López-Diago D. & García N.
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.21068/c2021.v22n02a02
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2021
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
]. The pulp is creamy and sweet[
2107- Title
- Descriptions of new genera and species of plants collected on the Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Valle
- Publication
- Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Vol. VII, pp. 205-388, 1927
- Author
- Rusby H.H.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1927
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
,
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 fruit is green, ripening to red or black, around 30 - 75mm in diamater, composed of 35 - 150 fertile carpels each around 10 - 28mm long and 5 - 15mm 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
The plant (part not specified) is used to treat 'women's diseases'[
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
-
]
Other Uses
Strips of the inner bark are used as rope[
702- Title
- Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians, Beni, Bolivia.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Boom B.M.
- Publisher
- The New York Botanical Garden; New York.
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 0-89327-413-5
- Description
- A small book of 74pp., it gives a brief description of the tribe and their lifestyle plus information on more than 350 species of plants that are used for food, medicines and various commodities.
].
The small quantity of heartwood is a pale brown, it is not distinctly demarcated from the slighly lighter brown sapwood. The wood is straight-grained; fine-textured, fairly heavy and hard, durable. It takes a smooth polish with a moderately high lustre and holds its place well when finished. Growth rings are absent or poorly defined[
453- Title
- Woods of Northeastern Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Williams L.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
- Publisher
- Field Museum Press; Chicago.
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. The wood is remarkable for its suppleness and elasticity[
547- Title
- Assessing Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Resources, Lokaro Reserve, SE Madagascar
- Publication
-
- Author
- Lehman A.D.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A thesis, in PDF format, by Ashley Davis Lehman of the University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
]. The trunks are used as pillars for traditional constructions and as a source of timber[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
The wood is used as a fuel for cooking[
702- Title
- Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians, Beni, Bolivia.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Boom B.M.
- Publisher
- The New York Botanical Garden; New York.
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 0-89327-413-5
- Description
- A small book of 74pp., it gives a brief description of the tribe and their lifestyle plus information on more than 350 species of plants that are used for food, medicines and various commodities.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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