Erisma calcaratum
(Link) Warm.
Vochysiaceae
Debraea violacea (Mart.) Mart. & Zucc. ex Steud.
Ditmaria violacea (Mart.) Spreng.
Erisma violaceum Mart.
Qualea calcarata Link
Common Name:
General Information
Erisma calcaratum is a tree.
The seeds are harvested in quantity for local industrial use and to make candles and soap. The tree is adorned with abundant, beautiful, violet-blue flowers in the dry season or beginning of the cool season[
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
Range
S. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.
Habitat
Flooded woods[
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
]. Moist lowlands[
518- Title
- Plants used traditionally to treat malaria in Brazil.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Botsaris A.S.
- Publisher
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief details of plants that have traditionally been used to treat malaria.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The fruits are oily and resolutive[
518- Title
- Plants used traditionally to treat malaria in Brazil.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Botsaris A.S.
- Publisher
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief details of plants that have traditionally been used to treat malaria.
]. They are used to treat skin infections, dermatoses, fever, malaria[
518- Title
- Plants used traditionally to treat malaria in Brazil.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Botsaris A.S.
- Publisher
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief details of plants that have traditionally been used to treat malaria.
].
Other Uses
The seeds are the source of 'Jaboty butter' or 'Jaboty tallow'[
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.
]. This is used for making candles and soap[
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.
]. The seed is collected for industrial use[
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
]. The fruit, rather suggesting a pipe, is 4 - 6cm long, 2 - 3cm thick, ligneous, glabrous, with one seed 3 - 5 cm. long, 15 - 20mm thick[
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
].
The soft, coarse, dirty white wood is without value[
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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