Apocynaceae FAMILY
Stemmadenia litoralis
Stemmadenia litoralis
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
The plant is reported to be highly poisonous, and it is stated that use of ashes from the wood in treating corn for making tortillas has sometimes caused grave accidents[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
Grows well in full sun (if the climate is not too hot), as well as in semi-shade, and can tolerate deeper shade as well, where it's glossy leaves become large and dark green. Plants can tolerate a little sea spray.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Stemmadenia+litoralis>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora of Costa Rica — Standley P.C. · Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago · 1938 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet.
- [2]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/
- [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.