Zeyheria tuberculosa

Botanical Description

Zeyheria tuberculosa is a semideciduous shrub or a tree that can grow 15 - 23 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter with a thick layer of bark up to 5cm wide[ 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 plant is occasionally cultivated[ 402 Title Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria Publication Author Website http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/species/tree_study/ Publisher UNEP-WCMC; Cambridge. Year 1999 ISBN Description A document produced by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1999. It contains fact sheets on more than 200 tree species from around the globe. ]. The forest in the region where this species grows has been widely devastated by encroaching agriculture, ranching and other developments[ 402 Title Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria Publication Author Website http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/species/tree_study/ Publisher UNEP-WCMC; Cambridge. Year 1999 ISBN Description A document produced by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1999. It contains fact sheets on more than 200 tree species from around the globe. ]. This, combined with charcoal production, is causing a decline in this species. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].