Annonaceae FAMILY

Bocageopsis mattogrossensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bocageopsis mattogrossensis is a semideciduous tree or a shrub with a narrow, elongated crown; it can grow from 3 - 22 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 6 - 60cm i n diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. , 2111 Title Revision of the Neotropical Genera Bocageopsis, Onychopetalum and Unonopsis (Annonaceae) Publication Blumea 52: 413-554, 2007 Author Maas P.J.M. et al Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651907X608909 Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia.

HabitatForests and savannah, favouring more open situations usually in well-drained soils, at elevations up to 700 metres[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].