Annonaceae FAMILY

Anaxagorea brevipes

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Anaxagorea brevipes is an evergreen shrub or a tree with a spreading crown; it usually grows up to 10 metres tall, though occasional specimens to 25 metres have been recorded. The slender trunk can be free of branches for 3 metres[ 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. , 1027 Title Studies in Annonaceae. II. A monograph of the genus Anaxagorea A. St. Hil. Part 1 Publication Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 105: 73 - 134. Author Maas P.J.M. & Westra L.Y.Th. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/572734 Publisher Year 1984 ISBN 0006-8152 Description A very comprehensive treatment of the genus, it can be downloaded from the Internet ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a tying material and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas

HabitatLowland rain forest, disturbed secondary forest, shrub savannah; at elevations up to 500 metres[ 1027 Title Studies in Annonaceae. II. A monograph of the genus Anaxagorea A. St. Hil. Part 1 Publication Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 105: 73 - 134. Author Maas P.J.M. & Westra L.Y.Th. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/572734 Publisher Year 1984 ISBN 0006-8152 Description A very comprehensive treatment of the genus, it can be downloaded from the Internet ]. Old clearings and along forest margins[ 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. ].