
Malvaceae FAMILY
Herrania nycterodendron
Herrania nycterodendron
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Herrania+nycterodendron>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora of Peru — Macbride. J.F. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1936 ↩︎An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
- [2]Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 39 — Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. · 1958 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Amongst the many botanical articles is a treatment of the genus Herrania. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [3]Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru — Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. · David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. · 2004 · ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 ↩︎A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus.