Malvaceae FAMILY

Apeiba tibourbou

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Apeiba tibourbou is an evergreen tree with a flat, spreading crown, generally growing up to 15 metres tall but up to 25 metres in the Guyanas. The straight, cylindrical bole has small buttresses 60 - 90cm tall; it can be free of branches for more than half of its height and 30 - 70cm in diameter[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ , 341 Title South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. Publication Author Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Year 1979 ISBN 0 643 02582 0 Description A very useful guide. , 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and a source of wood and fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanas; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico.

HabitatAmazonian forest and humid montane forest[ 363 Title Technical Information on 134 Species of Bolivian Woods Publication Author USDA Forest Service -- Forest Products Lab Website http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/publications/ Publisher USDA Forest Service Year 0 ISBN Description A PDF file, available for download. Exactly what the title says, brief and to the point. ]. Swamps and on dry hillsides[ 469 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 27 Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1928 ISBN Description Contains a Flora of the Panama Canal zone ]. Dry or moist forest or thickets at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. More common in secondary formations, is often found on cut-over or formerly cultivated land[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ , 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].