Simaroubaceae FAMILY

Simaba floribunda

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Simaba floribunda is an evergreen tree with a dense, globose crown, growing 3 - 6 metres tall. The short, cylindrical bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of fuel. It is a good pioneer species for use in coastal situations, both for restoring native woodland and also for establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and northeastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic and coastal rainforests, mainly close to the coast and often found growing in beach sand and on dunes where the soil is highly saline[ 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. ].