Porcelia nitidifolia
Ruiz & Pav.
Annonaceae
Common Name: Chosna Papaya
General Information
Porcelia nitidifolia is a deciduous tree growing around 13 - 20 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 35cm in diameter[
2120- Title
- Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae)
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- Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol. 40
- Author
- Murray A.
- Publisher
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- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
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- Description
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].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.
Porcelia nitidifolia occurs in areas where forest cover loss has been reported over the past years. However, there were more than 10 threat-based locations and thus the species is not considered threatened. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[
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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/
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- Year
- 0
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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
2120- Title
- Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol. 40
- Author
- Murray A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
-
- Description
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Range
S. America - northern Bolivia, eastern Peru
Habitat
Secondary forests; at elevations from 400 - 1,100 metres[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Publisher
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- 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.
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Deciduous Tree |
| Height | 15.00 m |
| Pollinators | Beetles |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Suceeds in wet soils[
2115- Title
- Dictionary of Trees; Volume 2 South America; Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology
- Publication
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- Author
- Grandtner M.M. & Chevrette J.
- Publisher
- Academic Press; London
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
- 978-0-12-396490-8
- Description
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].
The fruit takes around 1 year to develop from flowering to maturity[
2120- Title
- Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol. 40
- Author
- Murray A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
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- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
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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
]. The flavour is variously described as tasty and bitter[
2120- Title
- Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol. 40
- Author
- Murray A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
]. The fruit is composed of 1 - 9, oblongiform monocarps, each 65 - 110mm long and 32 - 52mm wide[
2120- Title
- Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol. 40
- Author
- Murray A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The wood is used locally for construction[
2115- Title
- Dictionary of Trees; Volume 2 South America; Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology
- Publication
-
- Author
- Grandtner M.M. & Chevrette J.
- Publisher
- Academic Press; London
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
- 978-0-12-396490-8
- Description
-
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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