Verbenaceae FAMILY

Citharexylum solanaceum

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Citharexylum solanaceum is a spiny shrub or small tree with a sparse crown; it can grow up to 9 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 20 - 30cm 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 local use as a source of wood, it may also have an edible fruit. It can be grown as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest and Araucaria forest, growing in both dense, primary forest and in the more open, secondary formations, preferring clay soils on well-drained slopes[ 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. ].