Elaeodendron xylocarpum

Botanical Description

Elaeodendron xylocarpum is an evergreen shrub or small tree commonly growing 2 - 12 metres tall. The usually slender bole is around 5 - 8cm in diameter. The plant often has several stems emanating from the root crown or low on the trunk. The crowns are fairly dense (especially when open-grown), branchy, and often contorted[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. , 692 Title Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions Publication Author Francis J.K. (Editor) Website http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/wildland_shrubs.htm Publisher USDA; Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestr Year 2000 ISBN Description An excellent series of papers, in PDF format, from various authors giving quite detailed information on a range of shrubs growing in the United States and its Territories. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood. It is a potential nickel accumulator plant for treating polluted soils. Marble tree is pretty enough to make a good ornamental but has rarely been used as such[ 692 Title Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions Publication Author Francis J.K. (Editor) Website http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/wildland_shrubs.htm Publisher USDA; Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestr Year 2000 ISBN Description An excellent series of papers, in PDF format, from various authors giving quite detailed information on a range of shrubs growing in the United States and its Territories. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].