Rubiaceae FAMILY

Guettarda pohliana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Guettarda pohliana is a semideciduous shrub or small tree with more or less erect branches, growing up to 7 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern, central and northern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatGallery forests, usually in more open places, favouring moist to wet soils by rivers, streams and rocky waterfalls[ 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. ].