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Virola calophylla (virola)

Synonyms: Myristica calophylla (homotypic); Otoba incolor; Palala calophylla (homotypic); Virola incolor; Virola lepidota

Wikipedia Abstract

Virola calophylla is a species of tree in the Myristicaceae family. It is native to Central America and South America, namely Panama,Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia (Department of Amazonas, Department of Vaupés), Ecuador (Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios) and Peru (Amazonas Region, Loreto Region, Madre de Dios Region, Puno Region, Ucayali Region). Virola calophylla contains dimethyltryptamine and other tryptamines, and in the Orinoco River region, the Witoto and Bora use it as a snuff.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [2]  0.7
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Manú National Park II 4213523 Cusco, Peru  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2WOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF TREES IN AMAZONIAN WHITE-WATER FORESTS IN RELATION TO FLOODING, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Pia Parolin, Martin Worbes, Maria T. F. Piedade and Wolfgang J. Junk, IAWA Journal, Vol. 27 (3), 2006: 255–268
♦ 3Russo, SE 2003. Responses of dispersal agents to tree and fruit traits in Virola calophylla (Myristicaceae): Implications for selection Oecologia 136:80–87
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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