Rubiaceae FAMILY

Simira glaziovii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Simira glaziovii is a semideciduous tree with a fairly dense, roundish crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The slightly crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its low value wood, which is also probably the source of a dye tha is used commercially. It can be grown as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, mainly in more open and secondary growth areas, favouring well-drained soils on slopes[ 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. ].