Calophyllaceae FAMILY

Calophyllum longifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Santa María is an evergreen tree growing 25 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is free of buttresses and can be 70cm in diameter[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ]. It is harvested from the wild for its resin and its good quality wood that is traded commercially[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCentral America - Panama, Costa Rica.

HabitatA canopy tree of evergreen forests, found in moist habitats usually near the coast and occasionally forming almost pure stands in Costa Rica[ 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ].