
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]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]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]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]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]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]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.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎