Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY
Sloanea monosperma
Sloanea monosperma
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sloanea monosperma is an evergreen tree with a dense, wide crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The short bole can be 40 - 50cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 gathered from the wild for local use of its wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil, Colombia.
HabitatSemideciduous and Araucaria forests, mainly in primary forests but also as a relict in pasture[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. , 677 Title Contributions from the Gray Herbarium Vol. 175 Publication Author Earle Smith C. Jr. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1954 ISBN Description A monograph of the Tropical American species of Sloanea. ]. It favours slopes and hilltops with good drainage[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].