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General Information

Duguetia surinamensis is a tree (sometimes more shrub-like) growing from 1.5 - 30 metres tall with a trunk usually up to 40cm in diameter, exceptionally to 70cm[]..
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.
Duguetia surinamensis 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)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

S. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, northern Brazil, the Guyanas

Habitat

Non-inundated forest, occasionally in periodically-inundated forest, often growing on lateritic, clayey soils; at elevations from sea level up to 850 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	15.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

We have no reports on the edibility of this species, though if the fruit has a fleshy pulp then that will be edible[]. The globose to subglobose fruit is brown, probably ripening to red, around 70 - 120mm in diameter, composed of 125 - 200 fertile carpels each 16 - 35mm long and 6 - 15mm in diameter[].

Medicinal

A bark extract is used to treat snakebites[].

Other Uses

The wood is used to make axe handles[].

Propagation

Seed -

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