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Thaumatococcus daniellii
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Thaumatococcus daniellii

Thaumatococcus daniellii

Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial
Growth—

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 21 - 30°c, but can tolerate 15 - 35°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,700 - 2,300mm, but tolerates 1,300 - 2,700mm[1]. Requires a shady position[2]. Plants can succeed in full sun as well as it shade[1]. Prefers a well-drained, loamy to clayey soil[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 4.5 - 5, tolerating 4.3 - 7[1]. First flowering starts 3 months after planting, but flowering is more abundant after about 1 year[2]. Good fruits develop only in plants that are 2 years old or older[2]. Young fruits mature in 13 weeks[2].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  2. [2]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  3. [3]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
  4. [4]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
  5. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎