Annonaceae FAMILY

Guatteria scytophylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Guatteria scytophylla is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown and drooping branches; it can grow from 3 - 30 metres tall. The straight, or moderately straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 6 metres, and from 4 - 60cm in diameter[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1028 Title Confronting a morphological nightmare: Revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea Vol. 60 1 - 219 Author Maas P.J.M et al Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651915X690341 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description A comprehensive review of the genus Guatteria, recognizing 177 species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a tying material and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.

HabitatPrimary, non-inundated forest, sometimes in campinarana vegetation, often on sandy soils; at elevations up to 1,000 metres, occasionally to 1,500 metres[ 1028 Title Confronting a morphological nightmare: Revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea Vol. 60 1 - 219 Author Maas P.J.M et al Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651915X690341 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description A comprehensive review of the genus Guatteria, recognizing 177 species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].