Vochysiaceae FAMILY

Vochysia haenkeana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vochysia haenkeana is a semideciduous tree with a roundish, sparse crown growing 8 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber, which is also used locally for fuel. An ornamental tree, it is valued for its bark and flowers and can be used for urban tree planting in general[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, central and northern Brazil, Peru.

HabitatSandy or heavy loams amongst shrubs and low trees of second growth at elevations of 400 - 540 metres in Peru[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ].