
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]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]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]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]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]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]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.