Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY
Sloanea laurifolia
Sloanea laurifolia
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sloanea laurifolia ranges considerably in size from a shrub a few metres tall to a large, emergent evergreen tree of the rainforest growing up to 40 metres tall. The bole has radiating buttresses[ 677 Title Contributions from the Gray Herbarium Vol. 175 Publication Author Earle Smith C. Jr. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1954 ISBN Description A monograph of the Tropical American species of Sloanea. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana; C. America - Costa Rica, Honduras, Belize.
HabitatAn emergent tree in the rainforest growing in lowland areas subject to periodic inundation, at higher elevations in non-flooded habitats it is a sub-canopy tree or even just a shrub[ 677 Title Contributions from the Gray Herbarium Vol. 175 Publication Author Earle Smith C. Jr. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1954 ISBN Description A monograph of the Tropical American species of Sloanea. ].