Proteaceae FAMILY

Euplassa incana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Euplassa incana is an evergreen tree with a dense, roundish, low crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The short, somewhat crooked bole can be 60 - 80cm 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. ]. An attractive wood, the tree is often harvested from the wild for local use and export.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatSemideciduous broadleaved forests in both primary and secondary formations, favouring woodland edges on clayey, fertile, well-drained soils[ 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. ].