Rubiaceae FAMILY

Warszewiczia coccinea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Warszewiczia coccinea is an evergreen shrub or tree with an irregular, sparse crown; it can grow up to 12 metres tall. The crooked, more or less cylindrical bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. , 759 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 67 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri. Year 1980 ISBN Description A botanical magazine, it contains part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. An extremely ornamental tree, it is planted in gardens and used in landscaping[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to Nicaragua; Caribbean - Trinidad, Windward Isles.

HabitatAmazon rainforest, in areas not subject to seasonal inundation, usually in more open areas, favouring moist, fertile, clayey soils in valley bottoms and near rivers[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].