Burseraceae FAMILY

Protium glaucum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Protium glaucum is a tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 9 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole branches from quite low down; it is around 20cm in diameter[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood, which is only employed as a fuel.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru.

HabitatThickets, and on the margins of forests that are not subject to seasonal inundation; at elevations around 150 metres[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ].