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Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Oxandra xylopioides

Oxandra xylopioides

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Oxandra xylopioides is a tree growing around 3 - 45 metres tall. The trunk can be around 2 - 70cm in diameter[ 2121 Title Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266 Author Junikka L. et al Website https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials Oxandra xylopioides 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 RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas
HabitatNon-inundated (terra firme) or periodically inundated (várzea) forest, or gallery forest, on sandy to clayey, red to yellow soil; at elevations up to 450 metres[ 2121 Title Revision of Oxandra (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea 61, 2016; 215-266 Author Junikka L. et al Website https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X694283 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description Includes many plant uses recorded by plant collectors. ].