
Apocynaceae FAMILY
Parahancornia peruviana
Parahancornia peruviana
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
Prefers a moist soil[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Parahancornia+peruviana>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Rainforest Conservation Fund — http://www.rainforestconservation.org/data_sheets/agroforestry/index.html ↩︎Terse details on usage and Agroforestry notes, coupled with some good photos.
- [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]Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru — Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. · David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. · 2004 · ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 ↩︎A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus.