Apocynaceae FAMILY

Lacmellea ramosissima

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lacmellea ramosissima is a tall shrub or small tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 5.4 metres tall. The bole is moderately straight, around 22cm in diameter[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for the local use of its edible fruit, latex and timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela.

HabitatLowland Amazonian rainforest, where it is most frequently found in open dry loam soils amongst shrubs and small trees at elevations from 120 - 450 metres[ 412 Title Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru Publication Author Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. Publisher David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. Year 2004 ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 Description A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus. ].