Vouacapoua americana

Botanical Description

Vouacapoua americana is a slender, semideciduous tree with a roundish crown; it can grow 15 - 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is unbuttressed, but has some very characteristic furrows; it can be unbranched for 15 - 22 metres and 50 - 90cm in diameter[ 378 Title Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Publication USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 207 Author Longwood.F.R. Publisher USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC. Year 1962 ISBN Description Quite detailed information on more than 60 species of Caribbean timber trees, giving species descriptions, habitat, detailed info on the wood and some info on other uses. Available for download on the internet. , 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. ]. A very important and attractive timber, the tree is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and for export. The tree also has local medicinal uses. A plant of denser areas in primary forests, not found in secondary formations or open places, it is declining in the wild due to overexploitation as a timber tree. It is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(1998)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].