Pentaphylacaceae FAMILY
Cleyera theoides
Cleyera theoides
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cleyera theoides is a rather large shrub that in good conditions can become a tree up to 20 metres tall[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. Its leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild and used locally as a tea.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeCentral America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean - Jamaica.
HabitatOften in open cloud forests or in drier pine-oak forests, at elevations of 1,300 - 3,000 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].