Parahancornia peruviana

Botanical Description

Parahancornia peruviana is an erect, columnar tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 35 metres tall. The bole can be 100cm in diameter at the base[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The fruit was once a popular wild food within its native range, but is now rare in markets, and few urban people even know what it is[ 355 Title Rainforest Conservation Fund Publication Author Website http://www.rainforestconservation.org/data_sheets/agroforestry/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details on usage and Agroforestry notes, coupled with some good photos. ]. The tree also yields a latex and a useful timber.