Rubiaceae FAMILY

Exostema caribaeum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Exostema caribaeum is an evergreen shrub or small tree with slender, spreading branches and sometimes without a definite crown of foliage; it usually grows from 3 - 8 metres tall, The short bole can be 10cm in diameter[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ , 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine, source of lighting and timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean Trinidad to Cuba and the Bahamas; SE N. America - Florida.

HabitatDry, brushy, often rocky slopes, at elevations of 400 - 1,300 metres in Guatemala[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. Arid coastal thickets and woodlands on limestone soils at elevations from sea level to 250 metres in Jamaica[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ].