Asteraceae FAMILY

Stifftia chrysantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Stifftia chrysantha is an evergreen shrub or small tree with several trunks, growing 3 - 5 metres tall. The bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 occasionally used as a source of fuel and charcoal. A very ornamental plant, especially when in bloom, it is widely cultivated in gardens in the tropics and subtropics, and in greenhouses in the temperate zone[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAn understorey plant in the Atlantic rain forest, favouring valley bottoms and moist slopes[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].