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Useful Tropical Plants

Parmentiera stenocarpa

Dugand & L.B.Sm.

Bignoniaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name: Palo de Vela

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General Information

Parmentiera stenocarpa is a shrubby, evergreen tree growing around 4 - 7 metres tall with a bole around 8cm in diameter[
2094
Title
Bignoniaceae Part 1 (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae)
Publication
Flora Neotropica Monograph Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-130
Author
Gentry A.H.
Publisher
The New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
1980
ISBN
0-89327-222-1
Description
 
]
The plant is harvested from, the wild for local use as a food. It is grown as an ornamental. The fruit is said to have commercial possibilities because its flavour is appropriate for desserts and fruit juices[
887
Title
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 79
Publication
 
Author
van der Werff H. (Editor)
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis.
Year
1992
ISBN
0026-6493
Description
A botanical journal, it includes an article on the ethnobotanical uses of the plant family Bignoniaceae. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Parmentiera stenocarpa is restricted to Colombia, though it has a wide distribution within that country, including relatively undisturbed regions and protected areas. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[
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

2094
Title
Bignoniaceae Part 1 (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae)
Publication
Flora Neotropica Monograph Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-130
Author
Gentry A.H.
Publisher
The New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
1980
ISBN
0-89327-222-1
Description
 

Range

Northern S. America - Colombia

Habitat

Lowland rainforest; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[
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.
].

Properties

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Edibility Rating *  *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

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
 
Author
Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
Publisher
 
Year
2014
ISBN
 
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
]. The pulp of the elongated fruit has a sweet flavour[
1438
Title
Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
Publication
 
Author
Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
Publisher
 
Year
2014
ISBN
 
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
]. The yellow nearly cylindrical fruit is around 30 - 40cm long and 1 - 2cm wide, tapering to base and apex[
2094
Title
Bignoniaceae Part 1 (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae)
Publication
Flora Neotropica Monograph Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-130
Author
Gentry A.H.
Publisher
The New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
1980
ISBN
0-89327-222-1
Description
 
]
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Seeds[
1438
Title
Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
Publication
 
Author
Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
Publisher
 
Year
2014
ISBN
 
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
]. The seeds are 4 - 5mm long and 6 - 7mm wide[
2094
Title
Bignoniaceae Part 1 (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae)
Publication
Flora Neotropica Monograph Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-130
Author
Gentry A.H.
Publisher
The New York Botanical Garden, New York
Year
1980
ISBN
0-89327-222-1
Description
 
]

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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