Myrtaceae FAMILY

Myrcia fenzliana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Myrcia fenzliana is an evergreen small tree with an elongate or pyramidal crown; it can grow 4 - 6 metres tall. The short bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter. When growing in poor, stony and dry terrains the plant is more likely to be a small shrub[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used in landscaping, being suitable for planting in narrow streets and under power lines[ 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 - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana; Caribbean - Cuba to the Windward Isles.

HabitatSavannah, woodland savannah and disturbed woodland, growing mainly in the more open, secondary formations; favouring stony but moist soils at the base of slopes and near rivers[ 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. ].