Hernandiaceae FAMILY

Hernandia guianensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hernandia guianensis is an evergreen tree with a small, rounded crown; it can grow 12 - 18 metres tall. The straight bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter with basal prop roots[ 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 as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guyanas; Caribbean - Trinidad.

HabitatRainforests, often in areas subject to seasonal inundation, favouring more open and secondary growth areas, usually near rivers and lakes[ 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. ].