Verbenaceae FAMILY

Citharexylum poeppigii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Citharexylum poeppigii is a shrub or a tree that can grow up to 15 metres tall[ 412 Title Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru Publication Author Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. Publisher David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. Year 2004 ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 Description A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood. It is grown as an ornamental[ 414 Title Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network Publication Author Website http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factnet.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of in-depth factsheets on a wide range of plants, especially leguminous trees. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela.

HabitatLowland rain forest, on periodically flooded land and along the banks of rivers; at elevations up to 500 metres[ 412 Title Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru Publication Author Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. Publisher David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. Year 2004 ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 Description A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus. ].