Combretaceae FAMILY

Buchenavia tomentosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Buchenavia tomentosa is a semideciduous tree with a large, dense crown; it can grow 5 - 12 metres tall. The short bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. It can be used as a pioneer species for restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.

HabitatSemideciduous forests, usually in more open areas and areas of secondary growth, favouring the more fertile soils[ 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. ].