Urticaceae FAMILY

Pourouma guianensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pourouma guianensis is an evergreen tree with a sparse, open crown; it can grow 10 - 15 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is unbranched for more than 50% of its height and 15 - 30cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 local use of its edible fruit and wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring woodland or establishing a woodland garden.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatRainforests, mainly in the more open areas of secondary growth, growing mainly on land that is not seasonally inundated, but sometimes also in the areas of inundation[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].