Pouzolzia occidentalis
(Liebm.) Wedd.
Urticaceae
Leucococcus occidentalis Liebm.
Margarocarpus ovatus Wedd.
Pouzolzia glabrata Wedd.
Pouzolzia latifolia Wedd.
Pouzolzia ovata (Wedd.) Wedd.
Pouzolzia petiolata Rusby
Pouzolzia platyphylla Rusby
Common Name:
General Information
Pouzolzia occidentalis is a shrub or small tree growing 2 - 5 metres tall[
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 harvested from the wild for local use as a fibre plant.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
Range
Northern S. America - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, through Central America to Mexico, and in the West Indies.
Habitat
Wet, lowland, evergreen formations[
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.
]. Thickets, swamps, along water courses, limestone rocky areas, semi-deciduous woodland, subtropical moist forest, roadsides; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[
1105- Title
- The New World Species of Boehmeria and Pouzolzia (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A Taxonomic Revision
- Publication
- Opera Botanica 129 pp 1-103
- Author
- Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 87-88702-37-5
- Description
- A comprehensive revision of the two genera.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 4.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A plant of lowland tropical areas.
Closely related to P. Guatemalana[
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.
].
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
A fibre is obtained from the bark[
46- Title
- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Uphof. J. C. Th.
- Publisher
- Weinheim
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. Known as yaquilla, it is said to have similar properties to ramie (Boehmeria nivea)[
46- Title
- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Uphof. J. C. Th.
- Publisher
- Weinheim
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. Ramie fibre is of excellent quality, it is used for textiles, linen etc and is said to be moth-proof[
K- Title
- Plants for a Future
- Author
- Ken Fern
- Description
- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
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