Caryocar costaricense
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Seeds - oil
The fruit are cooked and eaten, and edible oil is extracted from the seeds.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the moist lowlands.
Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 50 m tall. It has buttresses 1.5 m tall. The leaves are opposite and have 3 leaflets.
How to Grow
A tree of moist lowland tropical areas.
Medicinal Uses
The bark has medicinal applications.
Other Uses
The solid timber is used for constructing bridges, railroad ties etc. The heartwood is yellowish to light grayish-brown; it is hardly separable from the sapwood. The texture is medium to rather coarse; the grain interlocked; fresh material has a mild vinegary scent, but there is no discernible odour or taste when dry. The heartwood is rated as very durable in resistance to both brown-rot and white-rot fungi; classified as resistant to dry-wood termites and moderately resistant to marine borers. It is said to be easy to moderately difficult to saw, producing a rapid dulling of cutting edges; radial faces are difficult to finish smoothly because of interlocked grain. The wood is used for general and marine construction, heavy flooring, railway crossties, boat parts, furniture components; it is especially suitable where hardness and high wear resistance are needed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Caryocar costaricense is a species of plant in the Caryocaraceae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Names & Synonyms
Ajillo, Ajo, Almendro de bajo, Almendrillo, Almendro, Almendron, Cagui, Firme, Genene, Manu, Maqui-maqui, Pequia, Pequia brava, Pete rana do terra firme, Pete’, Pete-rana, Plomillo, Rana do terra
References (1)
- Flora of Panama
