Pseudolmedia macrophylla
Trécul
Moraceae
Ficus cystopoda (Miq.) Miq.
Pseudolmedia murure Standl.
Urostigma cystopodum Miq.
Common Name:
General Information
Pseudolmedia macrophylla is a shrub or a tree[
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
Range
S. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.
Habitat
Not known
Properties
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Self-fertile | No |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
].
Edible Uses
Fruit.
Medicinal
The bark is used to cure rheumatism, and to treat nerves[
924- Title
- Studies of American Plants VII
- Publication
- Field Museum of Natural History Vol. 17 No. 2
- Author
- Standley P.C.
- Publisher
- Field Museum; Chicago.
- Year
- 1937
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Newly described (in 1937) plants from the Americas.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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