Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Sapium glandulosum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The latex is toxic and can damage the eyes if it comes into contact with them[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Milk tree is an evergreen or briefly deciduous, tall forest tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is 50cm or more in diameter; unbranched for about half of the tree's height; with strong buttresses about 1.2 metres tall[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The latex is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use. The tree is a good pioneer species for re-establishing woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil, north to the Caribbean and through Central America to Mexico.

HabitatDense, flood-free forests at elevations from 120 metres to 1,500 metres[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Savannah forests and mountain slopes[ 341 Title South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. Publication Author Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Year 1979 ISBN 0 643 02582 0 Description A very useful guide. ]. It may grow in secondary formations in some areas[ 341 Title South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. Publication Author Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Year 1979 ISBN 0 643 02582 0 Description A very useful guide. ].