Chloranthaceae FAMILY

Hedyosmum brasiliense

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cha de Soldado is a deciduous shrub or small tree with an irregular crown; it can grow 3 - 6 metres tall. The crooked bole is 15 - 25cm 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 plant is gathered from the wild and used locally as a tea and medicinal plant. It is often cultivated as a medicinal herb and tea plant in central Brazil, though only on a small scale[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, southern, eastern, central and northern Brazil.

HabitatFound most commonly on poorly drained soils in the humid Atlantic rainforest[ 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. ].