Nyctaginaceae FAMILY
Guapira opposita
Guapira opposita
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Guapira opposita is an evergreen tree with a dense, pyramidal crown; it can grow 6 - 20 metres tall. The crooked, more or less cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm 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 wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador.
HabitatAtlantic rainforest, coastal Atlantic rainforest and higher elevation forests, usually in the dense primary forest, growing in alluvial plains, valley bottoms and lower parts of slopes[ 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. ].