Agarista eucalyptoides

Botanical Description

Agarista eucalyptoides is an evergreen shrub or tree with an irregular, sparse and open crown; it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter with a thick, corky bark[ 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. , 761 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Vol. 65. Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1984 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A botanical magazine containing various articles, including a treatment of the American species of Agarista. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of wood and a cork substitute.