Spirotheca rivieri

Botanical Description

Spirotheca rivieri is usually a deciduous tree, with branches often provided with prickles and a narrow dense crown; growing 6 - 9 metres tall. Sometimes, however, the plant adopts a more climbing habit with the prickly branches enveloping other trees, and supporting itself with the help of constricting roots. The smooth bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood and fibre. It is extremely ornamental when in bloom, and is certainly worthy of cultivation, but is currently little known[ 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. ].