Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Gustavia augusta

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gustavia augusta is an evergreen tree with a small, pyramid-shaped crown; it can grow 6 - 10 metres tall. The short, usually crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm 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 tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. A very ornamental small tree, valued particularly for its delicate, fragrant flowers, it is used in landscaping in parts of Brazil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatAn understorey tree in the rainforest, favouring loamy, rocky or sandy soils. Usually found in areas not subject to inundation, but grows taller in areas where there is seasonal inundation. Mainly in the primary forest, occasionally in open areas[ 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. ].