
Clusiaceae FAMILY
Clusia insignis
Clusia insignis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Clusia insignis is a tree. The flowers are harvested in the wild for local medicinal use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. The tree is occasionally cultivated for medicinal purposes[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil to Ecuador.
HabitatFound at elevations from sea level to 500 metres in Ecuador.