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Brosimum acutifolium is a tropical rainforest tree of the fig and mulberry family, native to lowland Amazon forests of South America. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care details below are mainly for cultivation in a warm, humid greenhouse or conservatory.
Brosimum acutifolium is a species of tree in the genus Brosimum that is native to tropical South America. It grows in lowland Amazon Rainforest. The latex of Brosimum acutifolium contains bufotenin and is used as an entheogen and hallucinogen under the name takini by certain peoples in South America.
Three subspecies are accepted:
Breadnut · Brosimum glaziovii · Guiana brosimum · Brosimum parinarioides · Satine · Cow tree · Brosimum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brosimum acutifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
