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Useful Tropical Plants

Lacmellea oblongata

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Apocynaceae

+ Synonyms

Lacmellea grandiflora Monach.

Common Name:

Lacmellea oblongata
Flowers
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General Information

Lacmellea oblongata is a tree.
The tree is harvested from the wild for the local use of its edible fruit and latex.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

Northern S. America - Ecuador, Peru.

Habitat

Lowland Amazonian rainforest[
412
Title
Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru
Publication
 
Author
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A.
Publisher
David Hunt; Sherbourne, England.
Year
2004
ISBN
0 9538134 3 6
Description
A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus.
].

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
Other Uses Rating *
HabitTree
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

A plant of mainly low elevations in the moist tropics.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
412
Title
Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru
Publication
 
Author
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A.
Publisher
David Hunt; Sherbourne, England.
Year
2004
ISBN
0 9538134 3 6
Description
A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus.
].

The latex of some species is palatable[
412
Title
Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru
Publication
 
Author
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A.
Publisher
David Hunt; Sherbourne, England.
Year
2004
ISBN
0 9538134 3 6
Description
A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The latex obtained from the plant is of low quality, but is sometimes used to adulterate rubber from Hevea brasiliensis[
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.
,
412
Title
Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru
Publication
 
Author
Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A.
Publisher
David Hunt; Sherbourne, England.
Year
2004
ISBN
0 9538134 3 6
Description
A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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