Anacardiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Schinus lentiscifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schinus lentiscifolia is a deciduous shrub growing 1 - 3 metres tall, or becoming more tree-like with a widely pyramidal crown; it can grow 5 - 8 metres tall. The more or less crooked bole can be 20 - 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 tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland. Schinus lentiscifolia has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, southern and central Brazil.

HabitatAlong the edges of dense forests and in grassland; favouring well-drained, shallow or rocky soils, at moderate to higher elevations[ 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. ].