
Lecythidaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered
Eschweilera compressa
Eschweilera compressa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eschweilera+compressa>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Vol. 30 — Linnean Society; London · 1875 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎A botanical journal, it contains the first comprehensive (for its time) treatment of the genus Eschweilera. 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]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.