Saurauia villosa
DC.
Actinidiaceae
Davya villosa Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Leucothea villosa Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Obelanthera melastomacea Turcz.
Saurauia macrophylla Linden ex Lindl. & Paxton
Saurauia obelanthera Turcz.
Saurauia pseudopeduncularis Buscal.
Saurauia selerorum Buscal.
Saurauia speluncicola R.E.Schult.
Common Name:
General Information
Saurauia villosa is a shrub or small tree growing from 2 - 12 metres tall.
The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use.
The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Publication
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- 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.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
408- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 53
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1966
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet.
Range
C. America - Honduras, Guatemala, southern Mexico.
Habitat
Damp forests, hillsides, thickets, along brooks, limestone cliffs with water continually dripping on plants, temperate mountain regions; at elevations from 900 - 1,000 metres[
408- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 53
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1966
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet.
]. Moist or wet, mixed or pine forest or thickets, 750 - 2,700 metres[
331- Title
- Flora of Guatemala
- Publication
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- Author
- Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark
- Website
- http://www.archive.org/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1946 - 1976
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Vulnerable |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 5.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A plant of the moist tropics, where it is found at elevations from 750 - 2,700 metres[
408- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 53
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1966
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet.
].
The plant fruits very heavily[
659- Title
- Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 8
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass.
- Year
- 1940
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Various articles on botany, including species of Saurauia in Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw or cooked[
659- Title
- Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 8
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass.
- Year
- 1940
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Various articles on botany, including species of Saurauia in Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. Sweet and mucilaginous[
659- Title
- Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 8
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass.
- Year
- 1940
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Various articles on botany, including species of Saurauia in Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
We have no information on the wood of this species, but the following is a general description of the wood from species in this genus.
The wood is little used, except locally for fuel. It is a pale reddish brown throughout; not attractive; lustre rather low; odourless and tasteless; rather light, but firm, tough, and strong; texture medium; grain straight; easy to cut, saws finely woolly, is rather hairy under the plane; probably not durable. Useful locally for general carpentry and interior construction[
660- Title
- Revision of S. American Saurauria (Actinidiaceae).
- Publication
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- Author
- Soejarto D.D.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History: Chicago.
- Year
- 1980
- ISBN
- 0015-1746
- Description
- A treatment of the S. American species in the genus Saurauia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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