Hernandiaceae FAMILY

Sparattanthelium botocudorum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sparattanthelium botocudorum is a semideciduous shrub or small tree with a dense, irregular crown; it can grow 3 - 5 metres tall. The stems are somewhat scandent, giving the impression of a climbing plant. The short, crooked bole can be 10 - 20cm 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer species for restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern, central and northern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, especially in coastal areas, favouring open and secondary growth areas and often invading old pasture land[ 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. ].