Ericaceae FAMILY

Agarista chapadensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Agarista chapadensis is an evergreen shrub or small tree with an irregular, sparse, open crown; it can grow up to 6 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter with a thick, corky bark[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. , 761 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Vol. 65. Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1984 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A botanical magazine containing various articles, including a treatment of the American species of Agarista. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of wood and a cork substitute.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil.

HabitatRocky grasslands, always on well-drained, rocky sites[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ]. Savannah, woodland savannah and moist woods by streams, on sandy or rocky soils, at elevations from 1,000 - 1,600 metres[ 761 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Vol. 65. Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1984 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A botanical magazine containing various articles, including a treatment of the American species of Agarista. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].