Vochysiaceae FAMILY
Erisma calcaratum
Erisma calcaratum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Erisma calcaratum is a tree. The seeds are harvested in quantity for local industrial use and to make candles and soap. The tree is adorned with abundant, beautiful, violet-blue flowers in the dry season or beginning of the cool season[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.
HabitatFlooded woods[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ]. Moist lowlands[ 518 Title Plants used traditionally to treat malaria in Brazil. Publication Author Botsaris A.S. Publisher Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Year 2007 ISBN Description Brief details of plants that have traditionally been used to treat malaria. ].