Boraginaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Varronia bullata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Varronia bullata is an erect, deciduous shrub growing around 1 - 3 metres tall[ 72 Title Manual of the Southeastern Flora. Publication Author Small J.K. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher University of N. Carolina Press. Year 1933 ISBN Description Getting rather dated now, an immense work covering the flora of Southeastern N. America. No pictures, it is not for the casual reader. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Varronia bullata is widespread throughout the Neotropics. It does not pass any of the thresholds for the threatened categories and is not subject to specific threats leading to population decline. It is also subject to ex situ conservation measures. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to southern & western Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad to the Bahamas and Florida

HabitatDamp or dry, brushy, sometimes rocky thickets and slopes, occasionally in fields, at elevations from 500 - 1,400 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].