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rough-leaf-tree

Curatella americana · Dilleniaceae · also called Curatella americana

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Form
shrub
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (20)
Corroboration (20 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    20 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study deOliveira2021: de Oliveira, M. D., & Giongo, M. (2022). Relationship between moisture content and flammability of Cerrado species in Southern Tocantins. Floresta, 52, 122-130.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site deOliveira2021-1; sampling october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 2673.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 92”

          FLAMITS record 2682.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 64”

          FLAMITS record 2691.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 40”

          FLAMITS record 2700.

        • “time to flaming (s): 2.51”

          FLAMITS record 2709.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.35”

          FLAMITS record 2718.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.45”

          FLAMITS record 2727.

        • “time to flaming (s): 15.19”

          FLAMITS record 2736.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 2817.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 2826.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 2835.

        • “flammability value: 1”

          FLAMITS record 2844.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 10.6”

          FLAMITS record 2745.

        • “burning duration (s): 9.17”

          FLAMITS record 2754.

        • “burning duration (s): 5.3”

          FLAMITS record 2763.

        • “burning duration (s): 2.06”

          FLAMITS record 2772.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 38.1”

          FLAMITS record 2781.

        • “flame height (cm): 23.78”

          FLAMITS record 2790.

        • “flame height (cm): 10.2”

          FLAMITS record 2799.

        • “flame height (cm): 5.64”

          FLAMITS record 2808.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Curatella americana (Curatella americana). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/curatella-americana/. Last verified 2026-08-25.