Malvaceae FAMILY

Eriotheca gracilipes

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriotheca gracilipes is a much-branched, semideciduous tree with a pyramidal or ellipsoidal crown. More shrub-like in the savannahs, where it grows 4 - 6 metres tall; in semideciduous woodland it can be up to 17 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 as a local source of fibre and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil.

HabitatSavannahs and transition areas of semideciduous, broadleaved forests[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].