Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Mabea fistulifera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mabea fistulifera is a deciduous tree with a dense, rounded crown; it can grow 4 - 8 metres tall. The short, but straight and cylindrical bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 occasionally harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It can also be used in mixed plantings for restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, central, eastern and northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.

HabitatTransition area of semideciduous forests to savannah, favouring sandy soils[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ]. Sometimes also found in secondary forest growth in the Atlantic rainforest[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].