Lauraceae FAMILY

Persea venosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Persea venosa is an evergreen tree with a sparse, rounded crown; it can grow 4 - 12 metres tall. The short, slightly crooked bole can be 15 - 30cm 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 tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland in waterlogged soils.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatGallery forests, usually in the more open and secondary growth areas, growing mainly on river floodplains and favouring waterlogged soils; becoming more frequent at the higher elevations of its range[ 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. ].