Apocynaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Lacmellea edulis
Lacmellea edulis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lacmellea lactescens is a tree. The bole is armed with conical spines. The tree is harvested from the wild for the local use of its edible fruit and latex. Lacmellea edulis has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeNorthern S. America - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama.
HabitatLowland Amazonian rainforest[ 412 Title Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru Publication Author Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. Publisher David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. Year 2004 ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 Description A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus. ].