Verbenaceae FAMILY

Citharexylum montevidense

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Citharexylum montevidense is a spiny, deciduous tree with a large, open crown; it can grow 5 - 10 metres tall. The short, cylindrical bole can be 15 - 25cm 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 as a local source of fuel. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatGallery and seasonal semideciduous forests, most commonly in the more open, secondary formations[ 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. ].