Icacinaceae FAMILY

Emmotum affine

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Emmotum affine is a semideciduous shrub to tree with a sparse, rounded crown; it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The short bole can be 25 - 35cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland in coastal areas.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and northeastern Brazil.

HabitatOpen and secondary growth areas in the coastal rainforest, and also on sand dunes; favouring moist soils[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].