Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Lecythis chartacea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lecythis chartacea is an evergreen tree with a dense, more or less globose crown; it can grow 8 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 70 - 80cm in diameter, thickening at the base and with a thick bark[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatAmazon rainforest, mainly in primary forest in areas not subject to periodic inundation, favouring the fertile soils of alluvial plains[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].