Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY

Licania platypus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sansapote is a moderately large, deciduous forest tree with a straight cylindrical bole that can range in height from 10 - 30 metres, occasionally as much as 50 metres tall[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. ]. A handsome, erect tree with a rounded crown of heavily foliaged thick branches[ 336 Title Fruits of Warm Climates Publication Author Morton. J. Publisher Florida Flair books, Florida. Year 1987 ISBN 0961018410 Description A very well written guide to about 125 species. ]. Large trees have small buttresses at the base[ 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 harvested from the wild for its edible fruits, which are sometimes sold in local markets[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. A popular fruit in pre-Colombian times, but much less important at the present time[ 734 Title Chrysobalanaceae Part 1. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 9: 1-319 Publication Author Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra. Year 2003 ISBN 0 642 56832 4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet. ]. It is much planted as an ornamental and shade tree throughout Central America[ 336 Title Fruits of Warm Climates Publication Author Morton. J. Publisher Florida Flair books, Florida. Year 1987 ISBN 0961018410 Description A very well written guide to about 125 species. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthern S. America - Colombia; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico.

HabitatDense forests, especially old forests, where it is more common on well-drained slopes[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. , 336 Title Fruits of Warm Climates Publication Author Morton. J. Publisher Florida Flair books, Florida. Year 1987 ISBN 0961018410 Description A very well written guide to about 125 species. ]. Forests, most commonly near rivers, but also in forests away from rivers[ 734 Title Chrysobalanaceae Part 1. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 9: 1-319 Publication Author Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra. Year 2003 ISBN 0 642 56832 4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet. ].