It reaches of 5 to 12 ms of height. The irregular and graft trunk to low height, has 10 to 30 cm of diameter.
It reaches of 5 to 12 ms of height. The irregular and graft trunk to low height, has 10 to 30 cm of diameter. It exudes a resin that is used like rubber. To the crust medicinal properties, to cure diarreas , disenterías, infections of the throat, hemorrhages are attributed to him and to heal wounded. Grows in humid tropical climates (or Aw in climatic classification of Köppen, with average temperatures between the 20 and 30º C, with an annual precipitation of 600 to 2000 mm or more, the 1,000 smaller altitude of m.s.n.m. Traditionally the greater world-wide producer has come being Brazil, its place of origin, although at the moment India it seems it to have surpassed as far as the exports. It is cultivated in intertropical America from Mexico and Florida until The Antilles, Peru and Brazil, in Hawaii and in many zones of Africa, specially in Madagascar and Angola. It is multiplied commonly by seeds, although also by aerial layer. It has fast growth, it requires free zones of cold and, although he is little demanding as far as grounds (in the Bulk Guayanés, their place of origin, the grounds are little deep, predominantly rocky and sandy), its production increases considerably under more favorable ground culture. Although the merey grows wild in its place of origin, when it is Aw climates or savannah climates, the merey cultures require of the irrigation in summer, that is to say, in the period of drought. Also it is used stops to tan skins. With the wood handles for tools make.
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