Asteraceae FAMILY

Dasyphyllum spinescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dasyphyllum spinescens is a spiny, evergreen shrub or tree with a rounded crown growing up to14 metres tall. The short bole, which can be densely covered in spines, is 40 - 60cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatMainly in areas of secondary forest growth, and also as an understorey shrub in Araucaria woodland, favouring moist or rocky 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. ].