Guiana-Chestnut (Pachira aquatica)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Pachira aquatica Aubl.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Pachira aquatica
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Aubl.
Common names: Guiana-Chestnut, Malabar Chestnut, Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision tree, Saba nut, Malabar-chestnut, money tree, provision tree, provision-tree, sabanut, water-chestnut, wild cocoa
Names in other languages (78)
Apompo, Bopo kewe, Cacao cimarron (Dominican Republic), Cacao de monte, Cacau-falso, Cacau-selvagem, Capira, Carolina, Carolina blanca, Castanheira-d'água, Castanheira-da-água, Castanheiro-da-guiana, Castanheiro-do-maranhão, Castanhola, Castano silvestre, Castaño, Ceiba de agua; Amida; Cacao cimarrón; Carolinea, Ceibon de agua, Ceibon de arroyo, Charapa putu, Chataigne d'eau (Lesser Antilles: Guadeloupe), Colorade (Haiti), Colorado, Embiratanha, Glückskastanie, Guyana, Hazo be, Llantias, Malabar Kastanie, Manguba, Marce, Châtaignier de la Guyane, Noisetier de la Guyane, Noix de Malabar, Cacaoyer-rivière, Arbre à monnaie, Pachirier aquatique, Miichrangebard, Mococha, Monguba, Munguba, Noisetier de Cayenne, Pachira, Pachira wodna, Para Ağacı, Piscanquinol, Putuksi, Sapote-grande, Seibon de agua, Seibon de arroyo (Cuba), Sumpf-Rasierpinselbaum, Wasserkastanie, Wilder Kakaobaum, Zapote de agua, Zapote longo, akuli tumu, palalagwa, cacao rivière, castanha-do-Maranhão, castaño de agua, castaño de la Guayana, ceibo de agua, châtaignier de la Guyane, châtaignier sauvage, dzepapa’ɨ, gua li, kakao-larivyé, kakao-sovaj, kastanjasutipuu, mamao, maomao, maumau, mamorana, mamão-rana, mamorana, munguba-rana, momow, mãũ’ɨ, pachira vodná, pachira vodní, strandkastanj, waravru-kamwi, Пахира водная, אגוז מלבר, ศุภโชค, カイエンナット, パキラ, 瓜栗, 發財樹, 馬拉巴栗
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Malvales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Malvaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Pachira
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: aquatica
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Pachira aquatica
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-26 10:42.

Photo of Pachira aquatica Aubl. — Photo: Rony Ristow · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-26 10:42.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 7 of 7 is a host of × interacts with × is pollinated by × is eaten by × has as a parasite × has its flowers visited by × is visited by ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 23 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
BOLD:AAB1903 Hesperiidae	is a host of	49	not compared
49 sources · 49 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA7324-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Rancho Harold · May 27, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAB1290-18 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Maria, Sendero Canal · June 20, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAB1291-18 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Maria, Sendero Canal · April 20, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAB1409-18 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Maria, Sendero Canal · April 30, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPDV1307-18 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Maria, Sendero Canal · April 30, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=CSCR106-04 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Albergue Crater · June 22, 2001 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAHE293-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Paleta · April 30, 2004 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAHE294-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Paleta · Jan. 26, 2005 · Material sample And 41 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
BOLD:AAD1391 Notodontidae	is a host of	29	not compared
29 sources · 29 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA040-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Albergue Crater · May 24, 2001 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA041-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales · Aug. 6, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA043-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Albergue Crater · May 24, 2001 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA044-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales · Aug. 9, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANC527-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Danta · Feb. 7, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANC528-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Danta · Feb. 6, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANC529-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Vivero · June 17, 1999 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANC530-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Vivero · June 17, 1999 · Material sample And 21 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
BOLD:AAA0020 Depressariidae	is a host of	12	not compared
12 sources · 12 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA454-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Tucan · June 5, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA455-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Tucan · May 29, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA456-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Juntas · June 19, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA457-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Tucan · May 29, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA458-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Juntas · Aug. 5, 2004 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA460-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Estacion Caribe · June 29, 2001 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA461-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Tucan · May 27, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAYA462-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Juntas · June 21, 2004 · Material sample And 4 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Chadisra bipars Notodontidae	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20330636 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 23, 2019 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340095762 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 24, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Jaliscoa nudipennis Pteromalidae	interacts with	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Vanin, S.A., Cassia Bena, D.de & Albertoni, F.F. (2012) Description of immature stages of <i>Phelypera schuppeli</i> (Boheman, 1834) with comments on natural history (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Hyperinae). <i>Zootaxa</i>, 3423, 45–60. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published @article{99863, author = {Vanin, S.A. and Cassia Bena, D. de and Albertoni, F.F.}, booktitle = {Zootaxa}, journal = {Zootaxa}, month = {aug}, day = {15}, pages = {45-60}, title = {Description of immature stages of <i>Phelypera schuppeli</i> (Boheman, 1834) with com… Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Psilocera	interacts with	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record @article{61219, author = {Diniz, I.R. and Morais, H.C.}, booktitle = {Revista de Biologia Tropical}, journal = {Revista de Biología Tropical}, pages = {919-921}, title = {Herbivory by the weevil <i>Phelypera schuppeli</i> (Curculionidae) feeding on the tree <i>Pachira … Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Screw Pine Scale Pinnaspis strachani Diaspididae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 2 records Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115 Published in globalbioticinteractions/arthropodEasyCaptureAMNH Record contexts (sample): Tampa · no date published · Preserved specimen; Tampa · no date published · LabelObservation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Latania Scale Hemiberlesia lataniae Diaspididae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 2 records Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115 Published in globalbioticinteractions/arthropodEasyCaptureAMNH Record contexts (sample): Montreal Biodome · Nov. 15, 1992 · Preserved specimen; Montreal Biodome · Nov. 15, 1992 · LabelObservation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Pollination

is pollinated by 6 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus planirostris Phyllostomidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Iamara-Nogueira, J., Targhetta, N., Allain, G., Gambarini, A., Pinto, A. R., Rui, A. M., Araújo, A. C., Lopes, A., Pereira-Silva, B., de Camargo, B. B., Machado, C. G., Missagia, C., Scultori, C., Boscolo, D., Fischer, E., Araújo-Oliveira, E. S., Gava, H., Paulino-Neto, H. F., M… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ATLANTIC_POLLINATION Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
White-Lined Broad-Nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus Phyllostomidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Iamara-Nogueira, J., Targhetta, N., Allain, G., Gambarini, A., Pinto, A. R., Rui, A. M., Araújo, A. C., Lopes, A., Pereira-Silva, B., de Camargo, B. B., Machado, C. G., Missagia, C., Scultori, C., Boscolo, D., Fischer, E., Araújo-Oliveira, E. S., Gava, H., Paulino-Neto, H. F., M… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ATLANTIC_POLLINATION Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pale Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Iamara-Nogueira, J., Targhetta, N., Allain, G., Gambarini, A., Pinto, A. R., Rui, A. M., Araújo, A. C., Lopes, A., Pereira-Silva, B., de Camargo, B. B., Machado, C. G., Missagia, C., Scultori, C., Boscolo, D., Fischer, E., Araújo-Oliveira, E. S., Gava, H., Paulino-Neto, H. F., M… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ATLANTIC_POLLINATION Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium Phyllostomidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Iamara-Nogueira, J., Targhetta, N., Allain, G., Gambarini, A., Pinto, A. R., Rui, A. M., Araújo, A. C., Lopes, A., Pereira-Silva, B., de Camargo, B. B., Machado, C. G., Missagia, C., Scultori, C., Boscolo, D., Fischer, E., Araújo-Oliveira, E. S., Gava, H., Paulino-Neto, H. F., M… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ATLANTIC_POLLINATION Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 4 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Thabena brunnifrons	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Chan, M.-L., Yeh, H.-T. & Gnezdilov, V.M. (2013a) <i>Thabena brunnifrons</i> (Hemiptera: Issidae), new alien species in Taiwan, with notes on its biology and nymphal morphology. <i>Formosan Entomologist</i>, 33, 149–159. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Ceresium long-horned beetle Ceresium unicolor Cerambycidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262264866 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 21, 2024 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Lirimiris meridionalis Notodontidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811… Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Hominoids Homo sapiens Hominidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record FERREIRA, P. A.; FREIRE, L.S.; RAMALHO, M.; BATISTA, M.A. 2005. Biologia Da Polinização De Pachira Aquatica Em Fragmentos Urbanos De Mata Atlântica. Resumos do 56º Congresso Nacional de Botânica. Published in globalbioticinteractions/paz2021 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Psilocera	has as a parasite	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record DinizMo996 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Jaliscoa nudipennis Pteromalidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record VaninCaAl2012 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Ceresium long-horned beetle Ceresium unicolor Cerambycidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262264866 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 21, 2024 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
West African Slender-Stingless Bee Dactylurina staudingeri Apidae	has its flowers visited by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World. Second Edition. 953 pp. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London Published in globalbioticinteractions/Catalogue-of-Afrotropical-Bees Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is visited by 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Ceiba Borer Euchroma giganteum	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343186715 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 14, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

This agronomic reading comes from a source reserved for internal use, so it is not shown here.

Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.