Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Eschweilera coriacea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eschweilera coriacea is an evergreen tree with a wide, very dense, globose crown; it can grow 15 - 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 50 - 90cm in diameter, often with buttresses[ 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 yields a good quality timber and so is commonly harvested from the wild.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama, Honduras.

HabitatA canopy tree in the Amazon rainforest, in dryland areas as well as those subject to seasonal inundation, favouring fertile, clayey 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. ].