Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY
Sloanea lasiocoma
Sloanea lasiocoma
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sloanea lasiocoma is a semideciduous tree with a dense, rounded crown; it can grow 15 - 30 metres tall. The somewhat crooked bole is 70 - 90cm in diameter with large tabular or prop roots at the base[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 use of its wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.
HabitatHumid Atlantic rainforest on littoral slopes, and in very wet soils in Araucaria forests[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].