Scientific name:
Calycophyllum spruceanum
Common name:
Palo mulato; Kobakedive (waorani).
Family:
Rubiaceae
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It is a 15- to 35-meter-tall tree with a straight, branched trunk, heterogeneous crown, and brown or glossy petrol-green bark. The leaves are oblong or ovate-oblong, the terminal inflorescences cymose. The flowers are small and white. This species is unmistakable for its greenish-brown bark, which peels off in giant choreic plates. It is found in upland and alluvial areas, near and far from water bodies, in soils used for a variety of uses in high light intensity and in shade. It is resistant to flooding. It shares its habitat with species such as guava, pink poma, pandisho, retama, bijao, casho, huito, cetico, capinurí, ubos, pichirina, aguaje, pijuayo, guaba, guanábana, cedar, barbasco, huamansamana, camu-camu, yumanasa, and tamamuri. It grows in sandy and clay soils with medium to high organic matter content.
It has healing and hemostatic properties. It is used to treat diabetes and to treat infected wounds, eye infections, and skin fungus. It helps with eye infections, skin spots, and black scabies.
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