Dorstenia brasiliensis
Moraceae FAMILY

Dorstenia brasiliensis

Dorstenia brasiliensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dorstenia brasiliensis is a small, evergreen perennial plant with distinctly veined leaves and small basket-shaped flowers, growing less than 20cm tall[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. ]. The strongly aromatic rhizomes are often harvested from the wild and used in herbal medicine in S. America[ 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. , 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; Caribbean - Trinidad and Tobago.
HabitatRainforest[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. ].