Oxandra mediocris
Diels
Annonaceae
Common Name:
General Information
Oxandra mediocris is a tree growing around 6 - 30 metres tall. The trunk can be 10 - 70cm in diameter[
2121- Title
- Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266
- Author
- Junikka L. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a health-promoting drink, a medicine and a source of wood.
Oxandra mediocris 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)[
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- 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
2121- Title
- Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266
- Author
- Junikka L. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors.
Range
S. America - Bolivia, northern Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Habitat
Non-inundated or periodically inundated (igapó, tahuampa or várzea) forest; at elevations from sea level to 350 metres, though occasionally ascending to 1,70 metres[
2121- Title
- Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266
- Author
- Junikka L. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors.
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 18.00 m |
| Pollinators | Beetles |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
The plant can flower and produce fruit all year round[
2121- Title
- Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266
- Author
- Junikka L. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors.
].
Edible Uses
Food: The bark is used to prepare a drink[
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
-
]. As Oxandra acuminata
The infusion of the leaves is drunk every morning[
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
-
]. As Oxandra acuminata
Medicinal
A decoction of the leaves is drunk to increase appetite and as a vitamin supplement[
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
-
]. The leaves are used as a remedy for fainting[
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
-
]. As Oxandra acuminata
Other Uses
The wood is used for craftwork, house beams, spars and poles[
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
-
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2121- Title
- Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266
- Author
- Junikka L. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
