Achariaceae FAMILY

Carpotroche brasiliensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pau de lepra is a small, evergreen tree with an elongated, dense crown; it can grow from 10 - 20 metres tall[ 340 Title Iracambi Medicinal Plants Publication Author Gallia. E. Website http://www.iracambi.com/english/herbarium.shtml Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description Basic iInformation on 14 plants of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. , 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 bole is 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of medicines, wood, oil and food. It is rarely also cultivated for medicinal purposes[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. An ornamental tree, valued for its flowers and the strange form of its fruits, it is planted along the sides of roads[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatSmall and old forests[ 340 Title Iracambi Medicinal Plants Publication Author Gallia. E. Website http://www.iracambi.com/english/herbarium.shtml Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description Basic iInformation on 14 plants of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. ]. Mainly on alluvial plains in primary and secondary rain forest[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].