Gesneriaceae FAMILY

Drymonia coriacea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drymonia coriacea is an unbranched, epiphytic shrub, often with a climbing habit, with stems up to 2.5 metres long[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. , 428 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 65 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1978 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains parts of the Flora of Panama. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua.

HabitatSecondary forest at elevations up to 600 metres[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. , 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].