
Caryocaraceae FAMILY Vulnerable
Caryocar costaricense
Caryocar costaricense
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
A tree of moist lowland tropical areas.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caryocar+costaricense>
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]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.
- [3]Global Tree Campaign - 40 Species in Trade — http://www.unep-wcmc.org/trees/trade/40_species_in_trade.htm ↩︎Information on the habitats, uses and some cultivation notes for 40 species of timber trees.
- [4]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.
- [5]Flora of Costa Rica — Standley P.C. · Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago · 1938 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.