Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Monopteryx angustifolia

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

A plant of the humid, lowland tropics. It is found in areas where the mean annual temperature is in the region of 26°c and the mean annual rainfall is around 3,400mm. The rainfall is fairly well distributed, but there is a drier period of about 3 months^[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 27 — Botanical Museum; Massachusetts. · 1979 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Contains various articles including one on the uses of Erisma japura and Monopteryx angustifolia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[2]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.
[3]Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 25 — Botanical Museum; Massachusetts. · 1977 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Contains an article on medicinal and poisonous plants in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet.