Malvaceae FAMILY

Guazuma crinita

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Guazuma crinita is a semideciduous tree with a narrow, elongate or pyramidal crown; it can grow 7 - 18 metres tall in Brazil, but can exceed 30 metres in Bolivia and Peru. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 50cm 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 tree is often harvested from the wild for its timber, which is used locally and also exported. It is used as an indicator of fertile soils and can also be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland or establishing a woodland garden. An ornamental plant, it can 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, growing in the more open and secondary growth areas, favouring fertile, well-drained, sandy soils[ 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. ]. Lowland areas in Peru at elevations up to 150 metres; usually in old clearings or along margins of forests[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ].