Parinari nonda
Parinari nonda
Safety & Hazards
The wood dust may cause dermatitis, probably because of irritation by silica deposits[1].
Cultivation Details
A plant of moist, tropical lowlands, where it can be found up to elevations of 1,300 metres[1]. The plant grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature ranges from 26 - 37°c, but can succeed within the range 14 - 42°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,100 - 1,600mm, but tolerates 700 - 1,800mm[1]. Prefers a deep, well-drained sandy to loamy soil in a sunny position[2, 1]. Established plants are very drought tolerant[2]. Prefers a pH in the range 5.5 - 7, but can tolerate 4.5 - 8[1].
Propagation
Seed - Root suckers. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Parinari+nonda>
Pollinators
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References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]Tropical and Subtropical Trees - A Worldwide Encyclopaedic Guide. — Barwick. M. · Thames & Hudson, London · 2004 · ISBN 0-500-51181-0 ↩︎A superb book, very concise and well written, giving a wealth of information on 400 or more species including descriptions, habitat, cultivation details and plant uses. A wealth of colour photographs bring each plant vividly to life.
- [3]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.