Lauraceae FAMILY

Licaria triandra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Licaria triandra is an evergreen tree with a broad, rounded crown; it can grow 7 - 16 metres tall. The bole can be 20cm in diameter[ 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia; C. America - Costa Rica to Mexico; Caribbean - Virgin Islands to Jamaica and Cuba.

HabitatWoodlands in moist, limestone and shale areas, at elevations from 120 - 900 metres[ 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. , 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ].