Burseraceae FAMILY

Protium tenuifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Protium tenuifolium is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown; it can grow 5 - 20 metres tall. The straight, mainly cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to half its height and around 45cm in diameter[ 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. , 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of resin and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to Nicaragua.

HabitatModerately dense forest, and the more open areas of secondary growth; at elevations around 400 - 550 metres in Peru[ 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. ]. Forests in dry, limestone hills in Panama[ 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Dryish, forested slopes at elevations from 800 - 1,100 metres in Venezuela[ 592 Title Contributions to The Flora of Venezuela. Publication Author Steyermark J.A. Et al Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Chicago Natural History Museum; Chicago. Year 1951 - 1957 ISBN Description An excellent flora, though made at a time when botanical knowledge of the areas was still very lacking. ].