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Caryocaraceae FAMILY Endangered

Caryocar amygdaliferum

Caryocar amygdaliferum

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

The fruit is used as a fish poison[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

A tree of moist, lowland tropical areas.

Propagation

Seed - takes 6 - 12 months to germinate[2]. Grow young plants on in a sheltered position with some shelter from the sun[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caryocar+amygdaliferum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 63 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1976 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Among many articles on botany, is part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the internet.
  2. [2]Nuts. — Howes. F. N. · Faber · 1948 · ISBN - ↩︎Rather old but still a masterpiece. Has sections on tropical and temperate plants with edible nuts plus a section on nut plants in Britain. Very readable.
  3. [3]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  4. [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.
  5. [5]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  6. [6]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.