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Brosimum potabile

Brosimum potabile

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Prefers a position in partial shade[1]. Grows in the wild on clayey soils[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Brosimum+potabile>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Illustrated Booklet of 25 Forest Species of Putumayo, Colombia. — USAID/Colombia. ↩︎A PDF Document released on the Internet, giving good descriptions and brief notes on the uses of 25 tree species from Colombia.
  2. [2]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.
  3. [3]Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. — Chudnoff. Martin. · USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. · 1984 ↩︎Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics.