Ptychopetalum
Ptychopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Olacaceae, native to the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous name for the genus include marapuama, muirapuama and mirantã, translating roughly to 'potency wood'. The species are shrubs or small trees growing to about in height. Its leaves are short-petioled, up to in length and in breadth light green on upper surface, dark brown on lower surface. The inflorescences consist of short axillary racemes of four to six flowers each. The root is strongly tough and fibrous, internally light brown with thin bark and broad wood, has a faint odor, and
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilyOlacaceae
Native toBrazil North, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria
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Ptychopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Olacaceae, native to the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous name for the genus include marapuama, muirapuama and mirantã, translating roughly to 'potency wood'. The species are shrubs or small trees growing to about in height. Its leaves are short-petioled, up to in length and in breadth light green on upper surface, dark brown on lower surface. The inflorescences consist of short axillary racemes of four to six flowers each. The root is strongly tough and fibrous, internally light brown with thin bark and broad wood, has a faint odor, and tastes slightly saline and acrid.
==Species== Ptychopetalum anceps Oliv. Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth. Ptychopetalum petiolatum Oliv. Ptychopetalum uncinatum Anselmino