Lamiaceae FAMILY

Aegiphila verticillata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aegiphila verticillata is a deciduous shrub in poorer soils and at higher elevations, but becomes a tree in other areas. It can grow up to 6 metres tall with an elongate or irregular crown. The crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter with a very thick bark[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 produces a low quality wood that is occasionally harvested from the wild for local use. It is a very useful pioneer species for restoring native woodland and establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, almost all areas of Brazil, Bolivia, the Guyanas.

HabitatSavannah, woodland savannah and rainforest, favouring the more open areas and succeeding even in poor and dry soils[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].