Hypericaceae
Vismia

Vismia baccifera (L.) Triana & Planch.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 18: 300 (1862)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine, has environmental uses and for fuel.

Descriptions

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Conservation
Least concern.
Morphology General Habit
Shrub or tree.
Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2880 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2880 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Shrub, Small tree, Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Carate, Carate blanco, Caratillo, Hacillo, Lacre, Lancillo, Mancha mancha, Manchador, Punta lanza, Puntelanza, Sangregallina
[UPFC]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136783476/136783478

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
achiotillo, achotillo, aguacatillo, carate, carate blanco, carate rojo, caratillo, cuero de gallina, hacillo, lacre, lancillo, lanzo, manchador, manchamancha, mancharropa, mandur, morochillo colorado, papamo, punta de lanza, puntalanza, puntelance, puntelanza, sangre de gallina, sangregallina, sietecueros
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2880 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, arbolito, árbol
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

Spanish
Sangregallina, lancillo, caratillo, carate blanco, mancha mancha, punta lanza, puntelanza, manchador, hacillo, lacre.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/