
Rubiaceae FAMILY
Pentagonia macrophylla
Pentagonia macrophylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pentagonia+macrophylla>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 67 — Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri. · 1980 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical magazine, it contains part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [2]Flora of Costa Rica — Standley P.C. · Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago · 1938 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
- [3]Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics : an Inventory — Martin, F. W.; Campbell, C. W.; Rubertbe, R. M. · U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service · 1987 ↩︎A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.