Erythroxylaceae FAMILY

Erythroxylum rotundifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Erythroxylum rotundifolium is an evergreen shrub or small tree, ranging in height from 1.2 - 12 metres or more[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ]. The wood is harvested from the wild and used locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCentral America - Costa Rica to Mexico. Caribbean - Bahamas to Jamaica.

HabitatLagoon margins and inland thickets on well-drained limestone, gravel or serpentine soils, at elevations from sea level to about 750 metres in Jamaica[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ]. Dry forest, often along water courses, at elevations up to 900 metres in Costa Rica[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ].