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Siparuna brasiliensis
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Siparuna brasiliensis

Siparuna brasiliensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

The fruit has a strong, pungent smell[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms must be grown if fruit and seed are required.

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Gall midges

References

  1. [1]Siparunaceae — Renner S.S. & Hausner G. · New York Botanical Garden Press; New York · 2005 · ISBN 0-89327-462-3 ↩︎
  2. [2]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.
  3. [3]www.plantamed.com.br — http://www.plantamed.com.br ↩︎A commercial website selling supplements, herbs etc, with a database of herbal uses of plants. Not very comprehensive, but it gives basic uses of a lot of plants from S. America that is not otherwise easily obtained.