Bagassa
Sign in to saveBagassa guianensis is a tree in the plant family Moraceae which is native to the Guianas and Brazil. It is valued as a timber tree and as a food tree for wildlife. The juvenile leaves are distinctly different in appearance from the mature leaves, and were once thought to belong to different species.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyMoraceae
Observations43
Groupplantae
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Bagassa guianensis is a tree in the plant family Moraceae which is native to the Guianas and Brazil. It is valued as a timber tree and as a food tree for wildlife. The juvenile leaves are distinctly different in appearance from the mature leaves, and were once thought to belong to different species.
==Description== Bagassa guianensis is a large, latex-producing, dioecious, deciduous tree which reaches heights of up and a diameter at breast height of . The leaves are deeply three-lobed in juveniles, but become entire as the tree matures. They are usually long, sometimes up to long, and wide (sometimes up to wide).