Rhamnaceae FAMILY

Scutia buxifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Scutia buxifolia is a spiny, semideciduous tree with a dense, wide crown, growing up to 7 metres tall. The crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 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 furnishes an excellent timber, though it is usually only in small sizes. It also has medicinal uses and yields a dye. It is harvested from the wild, mainly for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatAraucaria forests, gallery forests and more open grasslands, favouring very wet soils[ 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. ].