Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Joannesia heveoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Joannesia heveoides is a semideciduous tree with a sparse, rounded crown; it can grow 15 - 20 metres tall. The straight bole can be 50 - 70cm in diameter with a thick bark[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, oil crop and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil.

HabitatAmazon rainforest, in areas not subject to seasonal inundation, in both dense primary forest and in the more open, secondary formations[ 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. ].