Hirtella bullata
Benth.
Chrysobalanaceae
Hirtella amplexicaulis Pilg.
Hirtella aureohirsuta Pilg.
Hirtella stipitadenia Rusby
Common Name:
General Information
Hirtella bullata is a large shrub or a small to medium-sized tree, with long horizontal branches often sprawling over vegetation[
735- Title
- Chrysobalanaceae Part 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 19: 1-268
- Publication
-
- Author
- Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A.
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb
- Publisher
- Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra.
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN
- 0 642 56833 2
- Description
- An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
Hirtella bullata 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
735- Title
- Chrysobalanaceae Part 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 19: 1-268
- Publication
-
- Author
- Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A.
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb
- Publisher
- Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra.
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN
- 0 642 56833 2
- Description
- An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet.
Range
S. America - Bolivia, Peru, northern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
Habitat
Open habitats at river and savannah margins, and on savannahs[
735- Title
- Chrysobalanaceae Part 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 19: 1-268
- Publication
-
- Author
- Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A.
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb
- Publisher
- Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra.
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN
- 0 642 56833 2
- Description
- An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet.
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 5.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
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
-
]. An agreeable flavour[
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
-
]. The smooth-skinned, black, oval fruit is around 10mm long and 5mm in diameter with a thin layer of flesh[
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
-
].
Medicinal
The bark is prepared in a tea to treat sore throats due to prolonged 'gripa'[
697- Title
- Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 29
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Year
- 1983
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Some interesting notes on plant uses in tropical America. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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with help from
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