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Malvaceae FAMILY

Mollia lepidota

Mollia lepidota

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mollia lepidota is an evergreen tree with a large, more or less open, rounded crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The slightly crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm 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 of its wood. It is an excellent pioneer plant for infertile, sandy soils, where it can increase soil fertility and make it suitable for the growth of forest trees. An ornamental plant, it can be used in landscaping[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela.
HabitatOpen scrubland in the Amazon, usually growing on wet, white sandy soils in areas subject to seasonal inundation[ 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. ].