Myristicaceae FAMILY

Iryanthera tessmannii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Iryanthera tessmannii is a tall shrub or a tree with a spreading crown; it can grow 3.5 - 7.5 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is slender, it can be free of branches for 1.5 - 3 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. ]. One specimen in the Departamento de Loreto, region of Iquitos. Uchpacano, found growing in blackish clay soil at an elevation of 120 metres was 25 metres tall with a bole 30cm in diameter[ 697 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 29 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts. Year 1983 ISBN Description Some interesting notes on plant uses in tropical America. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Surinam.

HabitatCommon throughout the lowland of Peru, especially near the Peruvian-Brazilian boundary; rowing in dry or humid loam in dense forests at elevations around 120 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. ].