Guatteria punctata
Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Guatteria punctata

Guatteria punctata

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Guatteria+punctata>

Pollinators

Beetles

References

  1. [1]Confronting a morphological nightmare: Revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae) — Maas P.J.M et al · 2015 · http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651915X690341 ↩︎A comprehensive review of the genus Guatteria, recognizing 177 species. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Fruits of the Guianan Flora — van Roosmalen. M.G.M. · Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. · 1985 · ISBN 90-9000988-4 ↩︎Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat.
  3. [3]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.
  4. [4]Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians, Beni, Bolivia. — Boom B.M. · The New York Botanical Garden; New York. · 1996 · ISBN 0-89327-413-5 ↩︎A small book of 74pp., it gives a brief description of the tribe and their lifestyle plus information on more than 350 species of plants that are used for food, medicines and various commodities.
  5. [5]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.
  6. [6]Ethnobotany of the Waimiri Atroari Indians of Brazil. — Milliken W.; Miller R.P.; Pollard S.R.; Wandelli E.V. · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. · 1992 · ISBN 0-947643-50-8 ↩︎An excellent and well-researched small book giving information on the lifestyle of the Waimiri Atroari and listing the plants used.
  7. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎