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Actinidiaceae FAMILY

Saurauia aspera

Saurauia aspera

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

A plant of low to moderate elevations in the moist tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 2,000 metres. Prefers a sunny position[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 8 — Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. · 1940 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Various articles on botany, including species of Saurauia in Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 53 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1966 ↩︎Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet.
  3. [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. [4]Revision of S. American Saurauria (Actinidiaceae). — Soejarto D.D. · Field Museum of Natural History: Chicago. · 1980 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0015-1746 ↩︎A treatment of the S. American species in the genus Saurauia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.