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Useful Tropical Plants

Randia mollifolia

Standl.

Rubiaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name: Sapuchi de la Sierra

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General Information

Randia mollifolia is a shrub that can grow up to 2 metres tall[
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Randia mollifoliahas a wide distribution in western Mexico. It is not currently experiencing any severe impact, and no significant future threats have been identified for the taxon. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
 
Year
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ISBN
 
Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

1982
Title
Flora de Guerrero; No. 35. Coussareae, Gardenieae, Hedyotideae, Mussaendeae, Naucleae, Rondeletieae (Rubiaceae)
Publication
 
Author
Borhidi A. & Diego-Pérez N.
Publisher
D. R. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico
Year
2008
ISBN
978-607-2-00034-6
Description
A very good flora, in Spanish, it often also lists plant uses. All published volumes have been made available to download.

Range

Southwest N. America - western Mexico, from Sonora and Chihuahua south to Guerrero

Habitat

Tropical deciduous forests; at elevations from 10 - 1,700 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.
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Properties

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Edibility Rating *  *
HabitShrub
Height2.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
1841
Title
The Warihio Indians of Sonora-Chihuahua; An Ethnographic Survey (Anthropological Papers, No. 65)
Publication
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 186 pp 61-144
Author
Gentry H.S.
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Year
1963
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent study
]. The globose to ellipsoid fruit is 40 - 45mm long and 33 - 35mm wide[
1841
Title
The Warihio Indians of Sonora-Chihuahua; An Ethnographic Survey (Anthropological Papers, No. 65)
Publication
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 186 pp 61-144
Author
Gentry H.S.
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Year
1963
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent study
,
1982
Title
Flora de Guerrero; No. 35. Coussareae, Gardenieae, Hedyotideae, Mussaendeae, Naucleae, Rondeletieae (Rubiaceae)
Publication
 
Author
Borhidi A. & Diego-Pérez N.
Publisher
D. R. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico
Year
2008
ISBN
978-607-2-00034-6
Description
A very good flora, in Spanish, it often also lists plant uses. All published volumes have been made available to download.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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