
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]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]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]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]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.