Unonopsis floribunda
Diels
Annonaceae
Common Name:
General Information
Unonopsis floribunda is a tree with a spreading crown that can grow from 2 - 45 metres tall, but is more commonly within the range 5 - 25 metres. The trunk is around 10 - 50cm in diameter, exceptionally to 90cm[
453- Title
- Woods of Northeastern Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Williams L.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
- Publisher
- Field Museum Press; Chicago.
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet.
,
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use
Unonopsis floribunda has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[
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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/
- 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.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
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Range
S. America - Bolivia, northern Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia.
Habitat
Primary, often inundated forest, on clayey to lateritic soils, at elevations up to 450 metres[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 15.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Edible Uses
The fruit pulp is made into an alcaholic beverage[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
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- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- 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 fruit comprises 2 - 20 globose, green monocarps that mature to yellow, orange then finally black, around 11 - 16mm by 10 - 13mm (in some Peruvian collections 20 - 30mm by 18 - 25mm)[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The fruit is used as a dye and as a repellent[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
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- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
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].
Fibres are obtained from the bark[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]. Strips of bark are used as string to tie together poles and the beams of traditional houses[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
The bark is used as bracera for baskets (bracera de cestos)[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]..
The wood is oatmeal-coloured throughout. It is light to medium in weight; roey- grained; medium to rather coarse in texture; odourless to faintly fragrant; slightly bitter; brittle and fibrous. It is easy to work but does not appear to be durable[
453- Title
- Woods of Northeastern Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Williams L.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
- Publisher
- Field Museum Press; Chicago.
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. It is used as a stringer or poles in the construction of traditional houses[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
The wood is used as a fuel for smoking raw rubber[
2111- Title
- Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae)
- Publication
- Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007
- Author
- Maas P.J.M. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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