Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Tetrorchidium rubrivenium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tetrorchidium rubrivenium is an evergreen tree with a sparse, open, irregularly-shaped crown; it can grow 6 - 25 metres tall. The straight bole can be 60 - 80cm 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 its low value wood. It can be grown as a pioneer when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Costa Rica; Caribbean - Windward Islands.

HabitatVarious forest types, usually in more open areas, favouring secondary growth areas and the edges of dense forests[ 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. ].