Salicaceae FAMILY

Xylosma venosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Xylosma venosa is a semideciduous tree with a dense, globose crown; it can grow from 3 - 7 metres tall. The short bole can be 15 - 20cm in diameter. The branches are armed with strong spines 1 - 4cm long[ 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 of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern, central and eastern Brazil, Bolivia

HabitatAn understorey plant, found in various forest formations, favouring rocky soils with rapid drainage[ 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. ].