Primulaceae FAMILY

Myrsine coriacea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Myrsine coriacea is an evergreen tree with an open, narrow crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The slender, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 its wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring woodland or establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean

HabitatVarious forest types, usually in the more open, secondary formations, favouring moist sites and slopes near rivers where it can be dominant; usually at elevations above 1,500 metres in the tropics, descending to lower elevations in the subtropics[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].