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Duguetia lanceolata
Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Duguetia lanceolata

Duguetia lanceolata

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
GrowthSlow

Grows best in a sunny position in a well-drained soil[1]. Young plants grow away very slowly, reaching a height of up to 1.5 metres when two years old.

Propagation

Seed - it loses viability quickly and should be sown within a month of harvesting[1]. The seed germinates better if it is mechanically scarified prior to sowing. Sow in a nursery bed or individual containers, covering with 1cm of soil[1]. Germination rates are usually low, occurring within 60 - 120 days[1]. Transplant seedlings into individual containers when 4 - 6cm tall, then plant out into their permanent positions 8 - 9 months later[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Duguetia+lanceolata>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. — Lorenzi. H. · Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. · 2002 · ISBN 85-86714-17-8 ↩︎Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best.
  2. [2]Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics — Lorenzi. H.; Bacher. L.; Lacerda. M.; Sartori. S. · Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora LTDA; Brazil. · 2000 · ISBN 85-867174-24-0 ↩︎A superb book, giving information on several hundred fruit species. Each entry has a brief description of the plant and its uses, accompanied by one to many excellent quality photographs of the fruits.
  3. [3]Chemical constituents from roots of Duguetia furfuracea (A. St.-Hil.) Saff. (Annonaceae) — Santos T.C.B. et al · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2019.103951 ↩︎
  4. [4]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.
  5. [5]Trade Winds Fruit — http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm ↩︎The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
  6. [6]Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88) — Maas P.J.M. et al · New York Botanical Garden, New York · 2003 · ISBN 9780893274511 ↩︎
  7. [7]Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics : an Inventory — Martin, F. W.; Campbell, C. W.; Rubertbe, R. M. · U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service · 1987 ↩︎A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.
  8. [8]Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North, — Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M. · 2014 ↩︎A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics