Boraginaceae FAMILY

Varronia multispicata

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Varronia multispicata is a much-branched, wide-spreading shrub in open ground, usually growing up to 2.5 metres tall and more wide. In secondary forest it sometimes adopts a scrambling habit, growing up to 5 - 6 metres tall into the surrounding vegetation[ 699 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 16 Publication Author Rehder A. (Editor) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University: Boston. Year 1935 ISBN Description A botanical journal containing several interesting articles including one on the Boraginaceae of Amazonia. ]. The plant has been cultivated since pre-Columbian times for its medicinal virtues[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. It is a natural pioneer species, establishing in open places and providing a suitable habitat for rainforest trees to become established.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and northeast Brazil, Guyana

HabitatAbandoned pastures and other open spaces, secondary vegetation[ 1908 Title The role of the shrub Cordia multispicata Cham. as a 'succession facilitator' in an abandoned pasture, Paragominas, Publication Plant Ecology 115(2):91-99, 1994 Author Vieira I.C.G.; Uhl C. & Nepstad D.C. Website http://10.1007/BF00044863 Publisher Year 1994 ISBN Description ].