Annonaceae FAMILY

Guatteria inundata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Guatteria inundata is an evergreen multi-stemmed shrub, sometimes becoming a small tree with a spreading crown. It can grow from 1 - 10 metres tall, exceptionally to 20 metres.The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for around 2 metres, and up ro 10cm in diameter[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1028 Title Confronting a morphological nightmare: Revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea Vol. 60 1 - 219 Author Maas P.J.M et al Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651915X690341 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description A comprehensive review of the genus Guatteria, recognizing 177 species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested for its wood, which is used locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela.

HabitatMostly in periodically inundated forest (igapó, várzea or tahuampa), on clayey to sandy soil; at elevations up to 200 metres[ 1028 Title Confronting a morphological nightmare: Revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea Vol. 60 1 - 219 Author Maas P.J.M et al Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651915X690341 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description A comprehensive review of the genus Guatteria, recognizing 177 species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].