Lauraceae FAMILY

Licaria bahiana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Licaria bahiana is an evergreen tree with a dense, globose crown; it can grow 5 - 9 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 15 - 25cm 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 harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic and coastal rainforests, mainly found in the dense primary forest, but sometimes also in more open and secondary growth areas; favouring sandy soils[ 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. ].