Caryocaraceae FAMILY
Caryocar edule
Caryocar edule
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Caryocar edule is a semideciduous tree growing 8 - 15 metres tall. The bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter[ 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 local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - eastern Brasil in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
HabitatHumid forests, especially in secondary formations, of the Atlantic coast[ 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. ].