Native to
Region
Latin America
Costa Rica
Exotic in
Coffee Agroforestry Information
Tree Benefits and Uses
- Food
- Livestock Forage
- Firewood
- Lumber
- Medicinal
- Ornamental
- Product
Food / Product: Its fruits are edible; it is used to produce ethanol.
Animal fodder: Used to feed farm animals.
Medicinal: The infusion of the leaves is used as a tonic and stimulant in cases of colds and lung diseases. The pulverized seed is used to make an ointment to treat skin diseases and as a healing agent.
Firewood: Used as fuel.
Wood: Used to make sculptures, turned articles and musical instruments, in the construction of houses (for beams or floors), tool handles, furniture, carpentry, floors, fence posts.
- Coffee Shade
- Soil Improvement
- Reforestation
- Carbon Capture
Shade coffee: Commonly grown in association with many agricultural crops and in numerous agroforestry systems, as a shade tree in coffee and cocoa plantations.
Soil improvement: Conservation and recovery of soils.
Reforestation: Because it is very wind resistant, easily colonizes bare soils and grows quickly, it can be used to start the process of restoring native forests.
Attracts biological controllers, Attracts seed dispersers, Attracts pollinators
Its flowers are visited by resident and migratory birds that can be seen searching for insects in its high crowns. Some species, such as the Squirrel Cuckoo, use material from these trees to build their nests.
Citations
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (2024). IUCN Red List. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org
Román, F., De Liones, R., Sautu, A., Deago, J., & Hall, J. S. (2012). Guía para la propagación de 120 especies de árboles nativos de Panamá y el neotrópico. Retrieved from https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/20967/stri_GUIA_PROPAGACION.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Fern, Ken (2024). Tropical Plants Database. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://tropical.theferns.info
Universidad EIA. (2024). Catálogo virtual de Flora del Valle de Aburrá. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://catalogofloravalleaburra.eia.edu.co
Cárdenas, L. M. (2016). Aspectos ecológicos y silviculturales para el manejo de especies forestales: Revisión de información disponible para Colombia. Fundación Natura. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia World Flora Online. (2024). World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.worldfloraonline.org
de Sousa K, van Zonneveld M, Imbach P, Casanoves F, Kindt R, Ordoñez JC 2017, Atlas de aptitud de especies agroforestales claves bajo climas futuros en América Central. ICRAF Artículo Ocasional No. 26. Turrialba-Costa Rica. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). (2024). GBIF. Published on the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.gbif.org/es