Malvaceae FAMILY

Eriotheca pentaphylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriotheca pentaphylla is an evergreen tree with a dense, fairly narrow, roundish crown; it can grow 8 - 14 metres tall. The straight, more or less cylindrical bole can be 30 - 45cm 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 as a source of fibre and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, favouring the more open areas of secondary growth, often in the understorey. It is most commonly found in fertile, clayey soils, on both slopes and on plains, in dry to fairly wet soils[ 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. ].