Lauraceae FAMILY

Cinnamomum glaziovii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cinnamomum glaziovii is a semideciduous tree with an ample, globose crown; it can grow 20 - 30 metres tall. The more or less cylindrical bole is often short, 60 - 100cm in diameter and covered in a thick bark[ 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its good quality wood. It provides a good shade and can be used in rural tree planting[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatA canopy or sub-canopy tree in the Atlantic rainforest and at higher elevations in the semideciduous forest; favouring dense, primary formations in deep, fertile, moist soils[ 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. ].