Icacinaceae FAMILY
Emmotum nitens
Emmotum nitens
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Emmotum nitens is an evergreen tree with an ample, globose crown; it can grow 6 - 10 metres tall. The short, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - central, eastern and northern Brazil, Bolivia.
HabitatSemideciduous broadleaved forest and its transition to savannah, found mainly in secondary and open formations, favouring well-drained, 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. ].