Malvaceae FAMILY
Eriotheca globosa
Eriotheca globosa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eriotheca globosa is an evergreen tree with a narrow, dense, elongate crown; it can grow 12 - 28 metres tall. The bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter, with a thick, fibrous bark and prop roots[ 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.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas.
HabitatRainforests from the coast to the upland semideciduous forests, mainly in the more open and secondary growth areas and usually on dry 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. ].