Fabaceae FAMILY

Eperua grandiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eperua grandiflora is an evergreen tree with a light, rounded or oval crown; it can grow 8 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is basally swollen or has low buttresses; it can be unbranched for 12 - 18 metres and 20 - 80cm in diameter[ 378 Title Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Publication USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 207 Author Longwood.F.R. Publisher USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC. Year 1962 ISBN Description Quite detailed information on more than 60 species of Caribbean timber trees, giving species descriptions, habitat, detailed info on the wood and some info on other uses. Available for download on the internet. , 383 Title A Monograph of the Genus Eperua. Publication Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. No. 28 Author Cowan. R.S. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington DC Year 1975 ISBN Description Number 28 in the 'Smithsonian Contributions to Botany' series, a very detailed monograph of the genus Eperua. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and for its durable timber, which is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, the Guyanas.

HabitatRainforests, often on white sands[ 383 Title A Monograph of the Genus Eperua. Publication Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. No. 28 Author Cowan. R.S. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington DC Year 1975 ISBN Description Number 28 in the 'Smithsonian Contributions to Botany' series, a very detailed monograph of the genus Eperua. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ]. Riverine forests[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ].