Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Sebastiania membranifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sebastiania membranifolia is a semideciduous tree with a very narrow, elongated, sparse crown; it can grow 9 - 16 metres tall. The straight, almost cylindrical bole can be 25 - 45cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be grown to provide shelter from the wild and, with its very ornamental crown, it can be used in landscaping[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.

HabitatSemideciduous broadleaved forests, mainly in dense primary formations and the more advanced stages of secondary growth, favouring deep, fertile soils in river valleys and by the sides of rivers[ 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. ].