Lacunaria crenata

Lacunaria crenata is a species of flowering plant in the family Ochnaceae, native from Central America to Brazil. It was first described by Edmond Tulasne in 1849 as Quiina crenata.

Description

A tree. It grows 13 m tall The trunk is cylinder shape and the crown is oblong. The branches are spreading The leaves have 3 or 4 leaflets and there are rounded teeth along the edge. The flower panicles are at the ends of branches. They are 3-7 cm long.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest and mountain rainforest.

Where It Grows

Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,

Notes

There are 10 Lacunaria species. They occur in Central America. Also put in the family Quiinaceae.

Synonyms

Also Known As

Deyeguicarewe, Kadaka, Kadawe, Keneiwe, Redi-oedoe, Sabana-mangro, Uaca

References (9)

• Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2834
• Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 340
• Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O. 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 270 (Genus)
• Kew Plants of the World Online
• Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 184

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