Parmentiera cereifera

Botanical Description

Parmentiera cereifera is an evergreen tree with a spreading, open crown; branching from quite low on the trunk it grows around 7 metres tall with a bole up to 20cm in diameter. It produces bizarre-looking fruit - hanging from the branches these slim, waxy, yellow-ochre fruits look exactly like freshly-dipped candles hung out to dry[ 307 Title Tropical and Subtropical Trees - A Worldwide Encyclopaedic Guide. Publication Author Barwick. M. Publisher Thames & Hudson, London Year 2004 ISBN 0-500-51181-0 Description A superb book, very concise and well written, giving a wealth of information on 400 or more species including descriptions, habitat, cultivation details and plant uses. A wealth of colour photographs bring each plant vividly to life. , 2094 Title Bignoniaceae Part 1 (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae) Publication Flora Neotropica Monograph Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-130 Author Gentry A.H. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, New York Year 1980 ISBN 0-89327-222-1 Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is widely cultivated in the Americas and also in other tropical regions as a curiosity and an ornamental plant and also sometimes for its edible fruit[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. , 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. ]. Parmentiera cereifera is under serious threat from logging in some areas[ 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. ]. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(1998)[ 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. ].