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Useful Tropical Plants

Pentagonia macrophylla

Benth.

Rubiaceae

+ Synonyms

Pentagonia cuatrecasasii Standl. ex Steyerm.

Pentagonia orthoneura Standl.

Pentagonia pubescens (Standl.) Standl.

Pentagonia sprucei Standl.

Pentagonia veraguensis Dwyer

Watsonamra macrophylla (Benth.) Kuntze

Watsonamra pubescens Standl.

Common Name:

Pentagonia macrophylla
Flowering stem
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General Information

Pentagonia macrophylla is an evergreen shrub or a tree; it usually grows up to 7 metres tall, with reports of trees sometimes reaching 16 metres[
759
Title
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 67
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri.
Year
1980
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical magazine, it contains part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. The tree is often unbranched, with a crown of leaves at the top - looking somewhat like a single-stemmed palm tree[
369
Title
Flora of Costa Rica
Publication
 
Author
Standley P.C.
Website
http://www.archive.org/
Publisher
Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago
Year
1938
ISBN
 
Description
Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
].
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

759
Title
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 67
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri.
Year
1980
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical magazine, it contains part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Range

S. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica.

Habitat

An understorey plant of evergreen forests at elevations from 10 - 900 metres[
369
Title
Flora of Costa Rica
Publication
 
Author
Standley P.C.
Website
http://www.archive.org/
Publisher
Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago
Year
1938
ISBN
 
Description
Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
].

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height5.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - the pulp is eaten raw[
335
Title
Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics : an Inventory
Publication
 
Author
Martin, F. W.; Campbell, C. W.; Rubertbe, R. M.
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Year
1987
ISBN
 
Description
A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.
]. The round fruits are up to 28mm in diameter[
759
Title
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 67
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri.
Year
1980
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical magazine, it contains part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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