Verbenaceae FAMILY

Citharexylum pachyphyllum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Citharexylum pachyphyllum is a shrub that can grow around 2 metres tall. The plants are harvested from the wild for local use as a dye and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern Peru.

HabitatSteep, rocky slopes on hillsides, at elevations around 3,000 - 3,600 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. , 508 Title The Ethnobotany of Chinchero. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 24 Author Franquemont C. Et al Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History. Year 1990 ISBN 0015-0746 Description Brief details on the local uses of plants for an Andean community in southern Peru. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].