Connaraceae FAMILY

Rourea glabra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The seeds are very poisonous - especially to carnivorous animals^{[1, 2]}. They have been used for poisoning coyotes, rats etc, and have also been used for criminal poisoning^[3]. The seeds or fruits are eaten commonly by some birds, and it is stated that if dogs eat birds that have eaten the fruit, they will die. Further, if people eat the flesh of such birds, they also are poisoned and die^[1]

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber

Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rourea+glabra>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Flora of Guatemala — Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark · 1946 - 1976 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/
[2]Trees and Shrubs of Mexico — Standley P.C. · Smithsonian Institution; Washington · 1926 ↩︎Although dated, it contains a wealth of information on the trees and shrubs of Mexico, including many of their uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎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.
[4]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 27 — Standley P.C. · Smithsonian Institute; Washington. · 1928 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Contains a Flora of the Panama Canal zone