Nyctaginaceae FAMILY

Neea parviflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Neea parviflora is a shrub or small tree growing 3 - 7.5 metres tall[ 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. ]. The leaves are gathered from the wild and used locally to preserve the teeth.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthwestern S. America - central and northern Brazil, Peru, Ecuador.

HabitatForming undergrowth in dense forests at elevations up to 135 metres in Peru[ 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. , 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. ].