Combretaceae FAMILY

Terminalia lucida

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Terminalia lucida is a deciduous tree with a sparse, longish crown; it can grow 10 - 25 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 80cm 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 harvested from the wild for its timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras; Caribbean - Trinidad.

HabitatRainforests, in the dense primary forest, usually in areas subject to seasonal inundation, favouring soils rich in organic matter[ 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. ].