Myrtaceae FAMILY

Myrcia hebepetala

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Myrcia hebepetala is a semideciduous tree with a dense, elongate crown; it can grow 4 - 6 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 20 - 30cm 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its edible fruit and for its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatFound in a range of forest formations, especially the Atlantic rainforest, growing in the dense primary forest and in more open positions[ 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. ].