Vochysiaceae FAMILY
Erisma bracteosum
Erisma bracteosum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Erisma bracteosum is a semideciduous tree with a dense but narrow, elongate crown; it can grow 12 - 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Peru.
HabitatA canopy or subcanopy tree in the dense, primary formations of the Amazon rainforest, growing in humid, upland areas that are not subject to seasonal inundation, favouring areas of sandy soils[ 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. ].