Mora oleifera

Botanical Description

Mora oleifera is a tall tree growing from 15 - 45 metres tall. The bole, which is often buttressed, can be free of branches for 10 - 15 metres and up to 1 metre in diameter[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. , 469 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 27 Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1928 ISBN Description Contains a Flora of the Panama Canal zone , 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree often has horizontal, almost superficial roots that run for a long distance[ 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree produces huge seeds 18 x 12cm, perhaps the largest produced by any dicotyledonous plant[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ]. A good quality wood is obtained from the plant that is used locally and also exported. A dye is also obtained from the tree and used locally. Destruction of its environment by clearing the land for development and agriculture, combined with heavy extraction rates of the tree, have greatly reduced its population. The tree is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[ 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. ].