
Lecythidaceae FAMILY
Lecythis tuyrana
Lecythis tuyrana
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
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=Lecythis+tuyrana>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]A Century of Trees of Panama. — Pittier H. Mell C.D. · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [2]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 45 — Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis · 1958 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical journal. This edition includes a part of the Flora of Panama.. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [3]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 26 — Smithsonian Institution; Washington · 1940 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical Journal, it includes a treatment of the Lecythidaceae. 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.