Quararibea pterocalyx

Botanical Description

Quararibea pterocalyx is an evergreen tree; it can grow 5 - 20 metres tall. The bole can be 25 - 100cm in diameter[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Throughout the plants range its habitat is affected by the growing human population, agricultural activities and logging. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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. ].