
Lecythidaceae FAMILY
Eschweilera tenax
Eschweilera tenax
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+tenax>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Contributions to The Flora of Venezuela. — Steyermark J.A. Et al · Chicago Natural History Museum; Chicago. · 1951 - 1957 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎An excellent flora, though made at a time when botanical knowledge of the areas was still very lacking.
- [2]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.
- [3]Report of Marine Borer Conference 1952 — University of Miami; Florida · 1953 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎It includes a report on woods suitable for use in a marine environment. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [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.