Humiriaceae FAMILY

Vantanea parviflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vantanea parviflora is an evergreen tree with a globose crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The straight, more or less cylindrical bole can be 40 - 80cm in diameter[ 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. ]. When grown outside of the forest it forms a healthy, smaller tree with a perfectly globose crown[ 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 good quality wood, which is harvested from the wild.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatA sub-canopy to canopy tree in the dense, primary rainforest, growing in soils that are not subject to inundation, and favouring gentle slopes with well-drained, clayey 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. ].