Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Duguetia macrophylla

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The inner bark, scraped from the stem, is a component of an arrow poisin[ 2108 Title Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88) Publication Author Maas P.J.M. et al Publisher New York Botanical Garden, New York Year 2003 ISBN 9780893274511 Description ].

Botanical Description

Duguetia macrophylla is a tree or a shrub, usually growing around 1.5 - 10 metres tall, exceptionally to 20 metres. The trunk is 1 - 8cm in diameter, exceptionally to 30cm[ 2108 Title Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88) Publication Author Maas P.J.M. et al Publisher New York Botanical Garden, New York Year 2003 ISBN 9780893274511 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood. Duguetia macrophylla 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 - northern Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela

HabitatNon-inundated forest, Amazonian caatinga forest, or in periodically-inundated forest, growing on clayey to sandy soils; at elevations from sea level up to 400 metres[ 2108 Title Duguetia (Annonaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph 88) Publication Author Maas P.J.M. et al Publisher New York Botanical Garden, New York Year 2003 ISBN 9780893274511 Description ].