Burseraceae FAMILY

Protium subserratum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Protium subserratum is a tree with a round crown; it can grow from 6 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 11 metres and around 30cm in diameter; it usually has low buttresses[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana.

HabitatDense forests that are not subject to inundation, at elevations around 150 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. ].