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General Information

Duguetia yeshidan is a small tree or a shrub usually growing from 1 - 6 metres tall, occasionally reaching 10 metres. The trunk is around 2 - 8cm in diameter[].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine
Duguetia yeshidan 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 - northern Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana

Habitat

Mainly in non-inundated forest, growing on sandy soil or lateritic clay; at elevations from sea level to 500 metres, rarely up to 800 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Medicinal Rating
Habit	Shrub
Height	4.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Plants can produce fruit all year round[].

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 green to yellow, globose to ellipsoid fruit is 20 - 70mm long and 20 - 55mm in diameter, composed of 50 - 100 fertile carpels each 15 - 20mm long and 6 - 15mm in diameter[].

Medicinal

The (inner?) bark scapings are sucked upon to ease the pain of snake bites[].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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