Rubiaceae FAMILY

Chomelia paniculata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chomelia paniculata is a tree, sometimes armed with spines, with a spreading or flat crown; it can grow up to about 10.5 metres tall. The slender, straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 4.5 metres[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. , 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.

HabitatAn understorey tree in forests at elevations from 120 - 750 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. ].