Boraginaceae FAMILY

Tournefortia angustiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tournefortia angustiflora is a shrub, often with a climbing or scrambling habit. It can grow up to 3 metres tall as a shrub, to 5 metres or so when it climbs[ 485 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol 75 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden: Boston. Year 1988 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on the flora of Tanzania, a treatment of the genus Xyris and one for the Panamanian Boraginaceae. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Guatemala.

HabitatDense, primary rain forests at elevations up to 600 metres[ 485 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol 75 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden: Boston. Year 1988 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on the flora of Tanzania, a treatment of the genus Xyris and one for the Panamanian Boraginaceae. It can be downloaded from the internet. , 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Damp thickets and forest, often on banks along streams; at elevations from 150 - 600 metres in Guatemala[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].