Fabaceae FAMILY

Copaifera aromatica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Copaifera aromatica is a tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall in the forest but is smaller when growing in the open. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 120cm or more in diameter and is swollen into slight buttresses at the base[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. , 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its resin, which is used medicinally, and its timber, which is traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeC. America - Panama, Costa Rica.

HabitatA canopy or emergent tree found in a variety of primary forest habitats, with the exception of the extreme coastal zone. Occasionally found in wetter areas, it is most abundant along ridges and hilltops[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. , 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ].