Burseraceae FAMILY

Dacryodes belemensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ibapichuna is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 24 metres tall. The bole can be around 25cm in diameter and is buttressed[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 917 Title Tropical American Plants VIII Publication Fieldiana Botany Vol. 31 No. 10 Author Williams L.O. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1967 ISBN Description Information on newly described species from the Americas. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its resin and edible fruit.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia.

HabitatAn understorey tree in the rainforest, growing in sandy soils in areas not subject to inundation[ 630 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 28 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. Year 1981 ISBN Description An article on the Ethnopharmacological uses of plants in northwestern S. America, amongst many other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].