Lauraceae FAMILY

Nectandra grandiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nectandra grandiflora is an evergreen tree with a low, dense, globose crown; it can grow 10 - 15 metres tall. The short, straight, more or less cylindrical bole can be 40 - 70cm 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 useful wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatMainly found in more open situations in gallery forests, altitude forests, rainforests and Araucaria forests, favouring deep, fertile soils; at elevations from 600 - 1,300 metres[ 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. ].