Virola surinamensis

Botanical Description

White ucuba is an evergreen tree growing 25 - 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is buttressed, it can be free of branches for 15 - 18 metres and 60 - 90cm 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 provides an important timber that is traded internationally. It is also harvested from the wild for the local use of the fat obtained from its seeds and for its medicinal properties. Although the species is listed as globally threatened it is one of the most common trees in lowland Surinam being found in almost all forest types, including secondary forest[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].