Putranjivaceae FAMILY

Drypetes glauca

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drypetes glauca is an evergreen tree with spreading branches; it can grow 3 - 9 metres tall. The bole can be up to 15cm in diameter[ 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCaribbean - Windward Isles to Jamaica.

HabitatAn understorey tree in forests[ 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ].