Humiriaceae FAMILY

Schistostemon retusum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schistostemon retusum is an evergreen tree with a dense, elongate crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The straight and more or less cylindrical bole has a thick bark[ 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its good quality wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and northern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

HabitatA subcanopy tree in the rainforest, favouring fertile, clayey soils on hill sides[ 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. ]. Found on sandstone elevations or sandy soils[ 636 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 35 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington. Year 1968 ISBN Description A treatment of the genus Theobroma and a monograph of the Humiriaceae are two of the various articles contained in this issue. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].