Salicaceae FAMILY

Prockia crucis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Prockia crucis is a semideciduous shrub or small tree with a globose crown; it can grow up to 5 metres tall. The crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm 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 is said to have medicinal properties. The fruit might be edible.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean

HabitatAn understorey plant in Rainforests, Gallery, Araucaria and seasonal forests; usually found near rivers and on floodplains[ 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. ]. Moist or dry forest or thickets, sometimes in second growth, at elevations up to 2,400 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].