Nyctaginaceae FAMILY

Andradea floribunda

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Andradea floribunda is an evergreen tree with a dense, but narrow, elongate crown; it can grow 10 - 18 metres tall. The bole can be 60 - 80cm in diameter with a corky bark[ 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 as a medicine and source of dyes and wood. It can be grown as a pioneer when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest in the tablelands and also on the coastal plain, found in both dense, primary forest as well as more open areas and secondary growth formations; favouring moist alluvial soils, often near streams and rivers[ 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. ].