Ouratea parviflora
Ochnaceae FAMILY

Ouratea parviflora

Ouratea parviflora

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ouratea parviflora is a shrub or small tree growing 3 - 5 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for medicinal purposes and for the oil obtained from its seed[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Experimental plantations were set up in the 1920's in northern Borneo.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.
HabitatAtlantic rainforest.