Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Oxandra euneura

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oxandra euneura is an evergreen shrub or a tree growing around 2 - 15 metres tall. The trunk can be 3 - 40cm in diameter[ 2121 Title Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266 Author Junikka L. et al Website https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of timber. Oxandra euneura has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, northern Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela

HabitatIn periodically inundated (igapó, tahuampa) forests or non-inundated forest, on sandy or clayey soils; at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres[ 2121 Title Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266 Author Junikka L. et al Website https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors. ].