Picramniaceae FAMILY
Picramnia magnifolia
Picramnia magnifolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Picramnia magnifolia is a tall shrub or a small, slender tree with pendent branches; it can grow up to 3.6 metres tall. The bole is usually free of branches for the first 1 - 1.5 metres[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, and possibly also as a source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela.
HabitatAn understorey tree, growing in fairly dense forests at elevations around 110 metres[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ].