Sapindaceae FAMILY

Toulicia subsquamulata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Toulicia subsquamulata is a semideciduous tree with a wide but sparse crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 25 - 35cm 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 harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAn understorey tree in the Atlantic rainforest, in open and shaded locations, favouring well-drained soils[ 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. ].