Duguetia vallicola
J.F.Macbr.
Annonaceae
Common Name: Chirimoyo
General Information
Duguetia vallicola is a shrub or a tree growing around 7 - 25 metres tall with a trunk around 10 - 30cm in diameter[
556- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol.49
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains part of a treatment of the Flora of Panama. It 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of timber.
Duguetia vallicola 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(2013)[
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
556- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol.49
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains part of a treatment of the Flora of Panama. It 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
-
Range
Northwest S. America - Colombia and Venezuela to Panama.
Habitat
Forests, on land that is not subject to inundation; at elevations up to 100 metres[
556- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol.49
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains part of a treatment of the Flora of Panama. It 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
-
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 18.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A tree of the moist, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations below 200 metres.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. Aromatic with 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 to subglobose fruit is green, ripening to red, around 40 -60mm in diameter, composed of 85 - 150 fertile carpels each around 10 - 25mm 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
None known
Other Uses
The wood is very hard. It is used for making axe and other tool handles[
46- Title
- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Uphof. J. C. Th.
- Publisher
- Weinheim
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
,
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.
