Asteraceae FAMILY

Piptocarpha rotundifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Piptocarpha rotundifolia is a deciduous shrub or tree with a dense, roundish crown; usually growing 4 - 8 metres tall. The crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter with a thick, fissured bark[ 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. ]. In very poor soils the plant can be no more than a shrub around 1 metre tall[ 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 local use as a medicine and source of tannins and wood. A pioneer species, it can be used for restoring native woodlands and establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil, Bolivia

HabitatSavannah and woodland savannah, usually in the more open areas of secondary growth, favouring well-drained soils that can be acid and of low fertility, in undulating terrain[ 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. ].