Asteraceae FAMILY

Dasyphyllum tomentosum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dasyphyllum tomentosum is an evergreen tree with a dense, elongate crown; it can grow 7 - 15 metres tall. The often crooked bole can be 20 - 40cm 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.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, southern and eastern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatForests, usually as an understorey in Araucaria forests, sometimes in the more open, secondary growth areas; favouring moist and rocky 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. ].