
Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Oxandra lanceolata
Oxandra lanceolata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Succeeds in calcium-rich soils[1]. Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Oxandra+lanceolata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Elsevier’s Dictionary of Trees, Volume 1 North America: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and other lang — Grandtner M.M. · Elsevier B.V.; Amsterdam, The Netherlands · 2005 · ISBN 0-444-51784-7 ↩︎
- [2]Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae) — Junikka L. et al · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283 ↩︎Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors.
- [3]Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea — Womersley. J.S. (Editor) · Melbourne University Press · 1995 · ISBN 0 522 84095 7 ↩︎Only a part of the flora, but an excellent publication in 3 volumes. It can be downloaded from the internet.
- [4]Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Second Volume. — Little E.L.; Woodbury R.O.;Wadsworth F.H. · USDA, Forest Service; Washington. · 1974 ↩︎Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 500 tree species, including both native and exotic species.
- [5]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.
- [6]Flowering Plants of Jamaica — Adams. C.D. · University of the West Indies; Jamaica. · 1972 ↩︎A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc.
- [7]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.
- [8]South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. — Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. · Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization · 1979 · ISBN 0 643 02582 0 ↩︎A very useful guide.
- [9]Flore Forestiere Du Globe — Chnacerel L. · Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris. · 1920 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [10]A Manual of the Timbers of the World — Howard A.L. · MacMillan and Co.; London. · 1934 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎An excellent and comprehensive book on timbers. Rather dated, but still a main source of information for many of the less known woods. It can be downloaded from the Internet.