Lamiaceae FAMILY

Aegiphila integrifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aegiphila integrifolia is a deciduous tree with a wide, flat-topped crown; it can grow 4 - 7 metres tall. The short bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter with a thick, corky, deeply fissured bark[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It can be grown as a pioneer plant when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama; Caribbean - Trinidad.

HabitatSemideciduous and rain forests, found almost exclusively in the various stages of secondary succession and very common along fences in pastures; found in a wide range of soils but avoiding the wetter areas[ 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. ].