Onychopetalum periquino
(Rusby) D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray
Annonaceae
Onychopetalum krukoffii R.E.Fr.
Onychopetalum lucidum R.E.Fr.
Trigynaea periquino Rusby
Common Name: Periquino
General Information
Onychopetalum periquino is a tree that can grow from 8 - 30 metres tall with a trunk around 15 - 40cm in diameter[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
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- Year
- 2007
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The fruit is highly prized by traditional communities and has potential as a commercial crop, either collected from the wild or cultivated[
757- Title
- Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life
- Publication
- Non-Wood Forest Products 20.
- Author
- Shanley P.; Cymerys M.; Serra M.; Medina G. (Editors)
- Website
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2360e/i2360e.pdf
- Publisher
- FAO, United Nations
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN
- 978-92-5-107007-9
- Description
- Quite a lot of information on a number of useful plants growing in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Onychopetalum periquino 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)[
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
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- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
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- Description
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Range
S. America - Bolivia, Peru, western Brazil
Habitat
Non-inundated or sometimes periodically inundated forest, on sandy or clayey soil; at elevations up to 500 metres[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
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].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 15.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Fruit raw[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
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- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
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- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
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- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
]. A dark red fruit with brown seeds, when fully ripe it is very sweet with a pleasant taste[
757- Title
- Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life
- Publication
- Non-Wood Forest Products 20.
- Author
- Shanley P.; Cymerys M.; Serra M.; Medina G. (Editors)
- Website
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2360e/i2360e.pdf
- Publisher
- FAO, United Nations
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN
- 978-92-5-107007-9
- Description
- Quite a lot of information on a number of useful plants growing in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
,
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
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- Year
- 1927
- ISBN
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- Description
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]. Unripe fruits are astringent[
757- Title
- Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life
- Publication
- Non-Wood Forest Products 20.
- Author
- Shanley P.; Cymerys M.; Serra M.; Medina G. (Editors)
- Website
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2360e/i2360e.pdf
- Publisher
- FAO, United Nations
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN
- 978-92-5-107007-9
- Description
- Quite a lot of information on a number of useful plants growing in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. An orange pulp[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
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]. The red to purple, globose to broadly ellipsoid fruit is around 30 - 60mm long and 20 - 40mm in diameter[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
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].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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with help from
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