Urticaceae FAMILY

Pouzolzia occidentalis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pouzolzia occidentalis is a shrub or small tree growing 2 - 5 metres tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a fibre plant.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthern S. America - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, through Central America to Mexico, and in the West Indies.

HabitatWet, lowland, evergreen formations[ 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. ]. Thickets, swamps, along water courses, limestone rocky areas, semi-deciduous woodland, subtropical moist forest, roadsides; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 1105 Title The New World Species of Boehmeria and Pouzolzia (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A Taxonomic Revision Publication Opera Botanica 129 pp 1-103 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. Publisher Year 1996 ISBN 87-88702-37-5 Description A comprehensive revision of the two genera. ].