Lauraceae FAMILY

Sextonia rubra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Red louro is an evergreen tree with an erect-spreading, heavy-branched and rounded, compact crown; usually growing around 30 metres tall, but with some specimens up to 40 metres[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. ]. The bole is unbuttressed, but is generally swollen at the base; it is unbranched for the first 12 - 24 metres and usually 60 - 90cm in diameter, but with some specimens up to 150cm; taper is often heavy, especially in trees under 60cm in diameter[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. , 378 Title Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Publication USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 207 Author Longwood.F.R. Publisher USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC. Year 1962 ISBN Description Quite detailed information on more than 60 species of Caribbean timber trees, giving species descriptions, habitat, detailed info on the wood and some info on other uses. Available for download on the internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber, which is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guyanas, north to Trinidad.

HabitatRainforests[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ]. Occasional to frequent in rainforests on sandy or loamy soils in Guyana[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. ]. Lowland, marsh and rain forests[ 341 Title South American Timbers: the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 190 Species. Publication Author Bolza. E. & Christensen. F.J. Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Year 1979 ISBN 0 643 02582 0 Description A very useful guide. ].