Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY
Licania littoralis
Licania littoralis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
GrowthMedium
Requires a sunny position[1]. Tolerant of seasonal inundation of the soil[1]. Young plants have a moderate rate of growth, reaching about 2 metres tall after 2 years from seed[1].
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a sunny position in a nursery seedbed. A very low germination rate can be expected, with the seed sprouting within 4 - 6 months[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Licania+littoralis>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. — Lorenzi. H. · Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. · 2009 · ISBN 85-86714-34-4 ↩︎Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best.
- [2]Chrysobalanaceae Part 1. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 9: 1-319 — Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A. · Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra. · 2003 · http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb · ISBN 0 642 56832 4 ↩︎An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet.