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Quararibea asterolepis

Quararibea asterolepis
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Costa Rica to Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Quararibea asterolepis (cinco dedos, guácimo molenillo, guayabillo, garrocho, molenillo, panula, palo cuadrado; syn. Quararibea stenophylla Pittier) is a timber tree native to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. This plant can be used for cellulose production.

Other Quararibea plants

Quararibea aurantiocalyx · Quararibea funebris · Quararibea gomeziana · Quararibea grandifolia · Quararibea pendula · Quararibea platyphylla · Wild Palm · Quararibea santaritensis · Swizzlestick tree · Quararibea velutina · Quararibea yunckeri · Quararibea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quararibea asterolepis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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