Clusia fluminensis
Clusiaceae FAMILY

Clusia fluminensis

Clusia fluminensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clusia fluminensis is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a wide, dense crown; it can grow 4 - 9 metres tall[ 540 Title Jardineiro.Net Publication Author Website http://www.jardineiro.net/br/index.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A Brazilian gardening site, giving cultivation details for a large number of species. , 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 short, crooked bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 plant has minor medicinal uses, and is sometimes grown as a hedge and ornamental plant[ 540 Title Jardineiro.Net Publication Author Website http://www.jardineiro.net/br/index.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A Brazilian gardening site, giving cultivation details for a large number of species. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.
HabitatLittoral forests, often very close to the sea, in sandy soils[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].