Himatanthus sucuuba

Botanical Description

Himatanthus sucuuba is an evergreen tree with a narrowly pyramidal crown; it can grow 8 - 16 metres tall. The straight, more or less cylindrical bole can be 30 - 40cm 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 plant is a well respected and widely used medicine in herbal systems in the Amazon and South America. It has a long history of use among the indigenous peoples and was widely adopted by the Europeans when they arrived in S. America. It is commonly harvested from the wild for medicinal use and also provides a timber for local use. The plant is gaining some recognition outside of the South America and a handful of bark extract and latex extract products can now be found for sale in the United States and Europe. An ornamental tree with white, perfumed flowers, it could be used in landscaping[ 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. ].