Combretaceae FAMILY

Buchenavia tetraphylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

GrowthSlow

A plant of mainly lowland areas in the tropics, but found as high as 950 metres in Colombia and Ecuador. Requires a sunny position^[1]. The plant grows very well in deep shade^[2]. The plant is probably much more tolerant of deep shade when young than when it grows larger^[PFAF]. Grows wild in heavy soils^{[3, 2]}. Succeeds in dry soils and exposed sites^[1]. A very slow-growing tree^[2].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. · USDA, Forest Service; Washington. · 1964 ↩︎Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species.
[2]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.
[3]Flowering Plants of Jamaica — Adams. C.D. · University of the West Indies; Jamaica. · 1972 ↩︎A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc.
[4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
[PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎