Sapindaceae FAMILY

Pseudima frutescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pseudima frutescens is an evergreen tree with a narrow, elongate crown; it can grow 7 - 16 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 20 - 30cm 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 medicine and source of soap and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama.

HabitatAn understorey tree in the Atlantic and coastal rainforests, preferring sandy soils with a shallow water table[ 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. ].