Shihuahuaco
8.27 × 11.69 inches
Scientific name: Dipteryx micrantha
Common name: shihuahuaco
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Magnoliopsida
Place of origin: Peru, Colombia and Bolivia
Shihahuaco:
This tree is one of the most charismatic trees of the Amazon. It is one of the few emergent tree species, standing head and shoulders above the rest of the canopy. It can take up to 1000 years to reach its full-grown height of 40 meters. Its extremely dense and plays a significant role in climate stability since it can sequester up to 40 tons of carbon. Unfortunately its excellent wood and charcoal has become the death of these trees. It’s estimated in Peru alone over a period of 10 years nearly 300,000 trees have been felled for its timber.
Medicinally it is considered one of the Teacher plants. There are very strict dietary rules you need to adhere to when you are ingesting the bark or the root tip and it is thought to bring protection. There used to be a custom when you walked by a Shihahuaco tree you would hide your machete out of respect.
The Shihahuaco tree supports populations of wildlife such as bats which act as pollinators distributing the seeds throughout the forest, nests for birds like the endangered Harpy eagle and Aguitis which live in their roots.
8.27 × 11.69 inches
Scientific name: Dipteryx micrantha
Common name: shihuahuaco
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Magnoliopsida
Place of origin: Peru, Colombia and Bolivia
Shihahuaco:
This tree is one of the most charismatic trees of the Amazon. It is one of the few emergent tree species, standing head and shoulders above the rest of the canopy. It can take up to 1000 years to reach its full-grown height of 40 meters. Its extremely dense and plays a significant role in climate stability since it can sequester up to 40 tons of carbon. Unfortunately its excellent wood and charcoal has become the death of these trees. It’s estimated in Peru alone over a period of 10 years nearly 300,000 trees have been felled for its timber.
Medicinally it is considered one of the Teacher plants. There are very strict dietary rules you need to adhere to when you are ingesting the bark or the root tip and it is thought to bring protection. There used to be a custom when you walked by a Shihahuaco tree you would hide your machete out of respect.
The Shihahuaco tree supports populations of wildlife such as bats which act as pollinators distributing the seeds throughout the forest, nests for birds like the endangered Harpy eagle and Aguitis which live in their roots.
8.27 × 11.69 inches
Scientific name: Dipteryx micrantha
Common name: shihuahuaco
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Magnoliopsida
Place of origin: Peru, Colombia and Bolivia
Shihahuaco:
This tree is one of the most charismatic trees of the Amazon. It is one of the few emergent tree species, standing head and shoulders above the rest of the canopy. It can take up to 1000 years to reach its full-grown height of 40 meters. Its extremely dense and plays a significant role in climate stability since it can sequester up to 40 tons of carbon. Unfortunately its excellent wood and charcoal has become the death of these trees. It’s estimated in Peru alone over a period of 10 years nearly 300,000 trees have been felled for its timber.
Medicinally it is considered one of the Teacher plants. There are very strict dietary rules you need to adhere to when you are ingesting the bark or the root tip and it is thought to bring protection. There used to be a custom when you walked by a Shihahuaco tree you would hide your machete out of respect.
The Shihahuaco tree supports populations of wildlife such as bats which act as pollinators distributing the seeds throughout the forest, nests for birds like the endangered Harpy eagle and Aguitis which live in their roots.