Minquartia guianensis

Botanical Description

Minquartia guianensis is an evergreen tree with a short, oval crown; it can grow 10 - 25 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole characteristically has many holes when it is mature. It can be 40 - 120cm in diameter, with buttresses at the base[ 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. ]. A valuable and extremely durable timber, it is often harvested from the wild for local use and trade. Seed-producing trees are sometimes low in numbers but regeneration does not appear to be inadequate. It has become rarer in some areas where the wood is intensively harvested for local use, notably in Brazil and Colombia. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].