Phytolaccaceae FAMILY

Seguieria langsdorffii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Seguieria langsdorffii is a spiny, semideciduous, often multi-stemmed tree with a dense, elongated crown; it can grow 8 - 16 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 50 - 70cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 occasionally harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally. The tree can also be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest and semideciduous forests, mainly in more open, secondary formations but also found in the more dense, primary growth[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].