Sloanea berteroana

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Sloanea berteroana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Sloanea
Species:
S. berteroana
Binomial name
Sloanea berteroana
Choisy ex DC.

Sloanea berteroana is a tree of the Caribbean region. The name is often misspelled as Sloanea berteriana. [note 1] Its vernacular names include montillo and bullwood. [1] It is native to Puerto Rico. [2] This tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest. [3]

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Uses

The Pirahã, a Brazilian tribe, rub them on their eyelids to stay awake. This probably works because of some kind of alkaloid in the bark of the plant. [4] They know that danger is everywhere around them in the jungle and that a deep sleep can make one defenseless. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ See, for example, "Puerto Rico Statewide Assessment and Strategies for Forest Resources." Government of Puerto Rico. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. (n.d.; ca., 2011) Page 88. (Retrieved 10 August 2013.) Archived 10 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine and "Sloanea berteriana (sic) Choisy ex DC. bullwood." USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Plants Database. 2013. (Retrieved 10 August 2013.)

References

  1. ↑ Ecological Unis of the Eastern United States: First Approximation. James E. Keys, Jr.; Constance A. Carpenter; Susan L. Hooks; Frank G. Koenig; W. Henry McNab; Walter E. Russell; Marie-Louis Smith. USDA Forest Service. Southern Region; Eastern Region. Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. Northeastern and North Central Forest Experiment Stations. Southern Research Station. Washington Office. 1995. (Keys, Jr.,J.; Carpenter, C.; Hooks, S.; Koenig, F.; McNab, W.H.; Russell, W.; Smith, M.L. 1995. Ecological units of the eastern United States - first approximation (cd-rom), Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. GIS coverage in ARCINFO format, selected imagery, and map unit tables.) Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Sloanea berteriana (sic) Choisy ex DC. bullwood. USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Plants Database. 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Puerto Rico Statewide Assessment and Strategies for Forest Resources. Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Government of Puerto Rico. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. (n.d.; ca., 2011) Page 88. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Inside the Pirahã World:Deciphering the Amazon's Most Enigmatic Language. YouTube. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Everett, Daniel L. "Don't Sleep, There are Snakes (Prologue)". The Ted K Archive, Daniel Everett. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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