Malpighiaceae FAMILY

Byrsonima coccolobifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Byrsonima coccolobifolia is a deciduous tree with a small, sparse, globose crown; it can grow 4 - 6 metres tall. The cylindrical bole is usually crooked, around 15 - 25cm in diameter with a thick, corky 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 of its wood and edible fruit.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, southern, central, eastern and northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Surinam.

HabitatOpen and wooded savannahs, growing mainly in sandy, well-drained soils[ 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. ].