Myrtaceae FAMILY
Siphoneugena densiflora
Siphoneugena densiflora
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Siphoneugena densiflora is a semideciduous tree with a dense, roundish crown; it can grow 4 - 12 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 25 - 35cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - eastern, central and northern Brazil.
HabitatSemideciduous and gallery forests; rocky grasslands; favouring mountainous areas with good drainage[ 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. ].