Violaceae FAMILY
Rinorea viridifolia
Rinorea viridifolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Rinorea viridifolia is a much-branched shrub or a small tree. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood and musical instruments. It is possibly also cultivaed as a hedge plant in ornamental gardens[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia; C. America - Panama.
HabitatAn understorey tree in dense, primary forest[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].