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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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyMoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Moraceae
- Collections
- MO, UFC, UFMS, CPAP, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Suriname, Brasil, United States, Guyane FrançAise
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- Bagassa
- taxon common name
- 乳桑属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Taxonomy
- Common names
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Uses
- References
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).
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