Sterculiaceae Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.

| |	© R.Wise

Other images of the same specimen :

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Dentate
• Fruit
• Lamina leaf blade
• Serrated
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf blade margin
• Leaf parts
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Annandale Falls - GRENADA
• Morne Gazo - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Tree up to 20m; branches horizontal with leaves forming a flat layer; blades 4-15cm, oblong to ovate, serrated, softly hairy; Serrations of two sizes, base asymmetric, sometimes with small side lobes nr. base; hair-like intrapetiolar stipules. Bark dark, furrowed, fibrous, developing slight buttresses when large. Fruit black, usually indehiscent rough c. 2 cm in diameter.

Interest
A native of the neotropics, there was some minor movement to Asia. The fruit is edible, but eating too much cause diarrhea. The leaves are used as fodder and the bark is a medicine in India. According to Burkill (1935) an extract of the leaves is used in Java to reduce corpulence, and the wood is good and sometimes called Bastard Cedar.

Specimen information

Collection Date
12/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
470

Location
On nature trail near falls.

Notes
Tree 10m tall. BARK: rough, vertical fissures, flaking in strips 2cm wide. SLASH: outer layer dark chocolate brown, inner layer pink-brown, fibrous, peeling in large strips, darkening slowly, gummy exudate. LEAVES: US midrib and secs slightly raised; LS midrib and secs prominant with short scurfy indumentum, also on petiole. FRUIT: old, fallen.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.050000 N   Longitude: 61.430000 W   Altitude: 170