Anacardiaceae FAMILY

Astronium fraxinifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Goncalo alves is a tall, deciduous tree with a pyramid-shaped crown. The straight, cylindrical bole is 40 - 60cm in diameter[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. , 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 produces a valuable timber - it is commonly harvested from the wild both for local use and for trade. The tree also has local medicinal uses and can be grown as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthern S. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Surinam; Also found in Costa Rica.

HabitatUpland forests[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. ]. Primary and secondary forests[ 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. ].