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Gustavia superba

Synonyms: Gustavia superba var. salviniae; Japarandiba superba (homotypic); Pirigara insignis (homotypic); Pirigara superba (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Gustavia superba is an understorey tree that grows in Central and North-Western South America.Common names include membrillo, sachamango and heaven lotus. The trunk is around 5-10m high with the leaves radiating from the top (like palms).
View Wikipedia Record: Gustavia superba

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [2]  0.58
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Sapajus apella (brown capuchin)[3]
Sciurus granatensis (red-tailed squirrel)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 3Foods and Feeding Behavior of Wild Black-capped Capuchin (Cebus apella), KOSEI IZAWA, PRIMATES, 20(1): 57-76, January 1979
♦ 4Sciurus granatensis, Leslie Zuhn Nitikman, Mammalian Species No. 246, pp. 1-8 (1985)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0