Poraqueiba sericea
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Poraqueiba sericea is a tree in the Icacinaceae family found in northern Brazil , Venezuela , Colombia , Peru, and Ecuador .
description
Poraqueiba sericea grows as an evergreen tree up to 25 meters high, in culture it remains significantly smaller at up to 8 meters. The trunk diameter reaches up to 50 centimeters.
The simple, alternate and short-stalked, slightly leathery leaves are mostly bare. The thick, stiff petiole is up to 3–3.5 inches long. The entire, ovate to elliptical or obovate leaves are 12-30 centimeters long and 7-17 centimeters wide. At the top they are pointed to tails. The stipules are missing.
Small, axillary panicles are formed. The fragrant, five-fold and hermaphrodite, very small, sessile flowers are white to yellow and have a double flower envelope . There are tiny cover sheets . The 5 silky hair on the outside, about 2 millimeters long sepals are short overgrown. The 5 fleshy petals with silky hair on the outside and up to 4 millimeters long, with three hairy ridges on the inside, are free. The 5 short stamens with fleshy, flattened stamens are free, with a widened connective. The unilocular ovary is constantly above a short stylus with smaller capitate scar .
Bald, yellow to orange or dark purple and ellipsoidal, about 6–9 centimeters long, thin-skinned, smooth, shiny stone fruits with a large, hard, woody and lonely stone core are formed.
use
The oily fruits are edible and are used raw or cooked. They are often mixed with cassava flour and eaten as a paste. They are known as Umari or Mari .
The non-durable wood is used for some applications.
literature
- Joachim W. Kadereit , Volker Bittrich: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol.XIV : Flowering Plants Eudicots , Springer, 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-28532-0 , pp. 244, 246, 253.
- Food and fruit-bearing forest species. 3: Examples from Latin America , FAO Forestry Paper 44/3, FAO, 1986, ISBN 92-5-102372-7 , p. 221 ff.
- Harri Lorenzi: Árvores Brasileiras. Vol. 2, Instituto Plantarum, 1998, ISBN 85-86714-07-0 , p. 115, online at StuDocu.
- Martha de Aguiar Falcão, Eduardo Lleras: Aspectos fenológicos, ecológicos e de produtividade do umari (Poraqueiba sericea Tulasne). In: Acta Amaz. Vol.10, No.3, 1980, doi: 10.1590 / 1809-43921980103445 , online (PDF; 3.4 MB).
Web links
- Poraqueiba sericea at Useful Tropical Plants.