Richeria grandis grandis (Richeria grandis grandis)
Description
Richeria grandis is a tree species in the family Phyllanthaceae which ranges from the Lesser Antilles to South America.The species is reputed to have aphrodisiac properties.Richeria grandis is a large,evergreen tree with brown bark and a brownish-orange inner bark.It has simple,alternate leaves with an entire margin.The leaves are large,generally 0?0 centimetres (? in) long up to 0 centimetres ( in) long and centimetres ( in) wide.The species is dioecious?male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.The male inflorescences are ?0 centimetres (? in) long with - flowers;the female inflorescences are ? centimetres (? in) long.The fruit is a capsule,about centimetre (0. in) long.Richeria grandis is a common species in montane forests in parts of the Caribbean and South America.Ariel Lugo and colleagues reported that the species suffered higher levels of damage than most trees after Hurricane David hit the island of Dominica in .The species is an aluminium accumulator,and is capable of accumulating as much as ,000 ppm of aluminium in its leaves.The plant was able to tolerate the potentially toxic levels of aluminium primarily by depositing the metal in the cell walls of its leaves.The polypore Porogramme richeriae was described based on collections from the trunk of R.grandis in Guadeloupe.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Phyllanthaceae
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Genus: Richeria
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