Heliocarpus popayanensis

Botanical Description

Heliocarpus popayanensis is a semideciduous tree with a dense crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The moderately straight bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter, often branching from low down[ 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. , 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. , 751 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 36 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Gardens; Mass. Year 1949 ISBN Description A botanical journal, it contains a monograph of the genus Heliocarpus. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood and fibre. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland or establishing woodland gardens. A very ornamental plant when in bloom, especially the female form, it is suitable for use in landscaping[ 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. ].