Sapindaceae FAMILY

Cupania platycarpa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cupania oblongifolia is a semideciduous tree with an open, vase-shaped crown; it can grow 8 - 14 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatRainforest, in both dense primary forest and the more open, secondary growth; favouring sloping terrains with fertile, well-drained, clayey soils[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].