Malvaceae FAMILY

Luehea grandiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Luehea grandiflora is a semideciduous tree with a dense, roundish, conical crown; it can grow 6 - 14 metres tall. The bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatForest and savannah, usually occurring in open places and secondary formations; favouring drier areas with freely draining soils[ 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. ].