Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Eschweilera tenax

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eschweilera tenax is a tree. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood and the fibre from its bark.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Venezuela; Caribbean - Trinidad.

HabitatForests, usually on slopes and often on dryish soils[ 592 Title Contributions to The Flora of Venezuela. Publication Author Steyermark J.A. Et al Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Chicago Natural History Museum; Chicago. Year 1951 - 1957 ISBN Description An excellent flora, though made at a time when botanical knowledge of the areas was still very lacking. ]. Moist woods[ 959 Title The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Vol. 30 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Linnean Society; London Year 1875 ISBN Description A botanical journal, it contains the first comprehensive (for its time) treatment of the genus Eschweilera. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].