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Lacmellea panamensis
About
Lacmellea panamensis is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae native to Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Ecuador. It is a medium-sized tree, with a straight trunk, that is scattered with conical spines that are rather blunt, a distinctive feature of the species. Its leaves are around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, spaced evenly along branches, simple in shape, dark green and if damaged produce a white latex. Their flowers are white and around 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long thin tubes and develop into yellow berries of 3 cm in diameter.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lacmellea panamensis
- Slug
- lacmellea-panamensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Lacmellea
- Species
- panamensis
- Wikidata QID
- Q6468760
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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