Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Couratari asterotricha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Couratari asterotricha is a semideciduous tree with a very wide, dense crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 50 - 80cm 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 harvested from the wild for its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatA canopy tree in the Atlantic rainforest, usually found in somewhat elevated, well-drained positions in both primary and secondary formations[ 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. ].