Rutaceae FAMILY

Pilocarpus pennatifolius

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pilocarpus pennatifolius is an aromatic, evergreen shrub or tree with a small, irregular crown; it can grow 3 - 9 metres tall. The crooked bole branches from low down, it can be 10 - 20cm in diameter. It grows 3 - 7 metres tall[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. ]. An alkaloid isolated from the plant is commonly used in conventional medicine - the plant being gathered from the wild for this purpose. The leaves are also commonly used in herbal medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, southern, central and eastern Brazil.

HabitatAn understorey plant in the Atlantic rainforest, where it is found mainly on compacted, wet soils in dense forest undergrowth and on rocky soils on slopes[ 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. ].