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Pouzolzia occidentalis
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Pouzolzia occidentalis

Pouzolzia occidentalis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

A plant of lowland tropical areas. Closely related to P. Guatemalana[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pouzolzia+occidentalis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]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.
  2. [2]The New World Species of Boehmeria and Pouzolzia (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A Taxonomic Revision — Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. · 1996 · ISBN 87-88702-37-5 ↩︎A comprehensive revision of the two genera.
  3. [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  4. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎