Malpighiaceae FAMILY

Byrsonima stipulacea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Byrsonima stipulacea is an evergreen tree with a dense, pyramidal crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The bole is normally straight and more or less cylindrical, it can be 40 - 70cm 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 harvested from the wild for local use of its wood and edible fruit.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatFound mainly in primary and secondary formations of the Atlantic rainforest on clay and fairly fertile 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. ].