Cardiopteridaceae FAMILY

Citronella gongonha

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Citronella gongonha is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a dense, globose crown; it can grow 4 - 5 metres tall. The short bole can be 25 - 30cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for its low quality wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern, eastern and central Brazil.

HabitatA plant of secondary forest formations and open land, growing in gallery forests and poorly drained 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. ].