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Monopteryx uaucu

Monopteryx uaucu

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+uaucu>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [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. [2]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.
  3. [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.