Campsiandra angustifolia

Botanical Description

Campsiandra angustifolia is a medium sized tree growing up to 15 metres tall[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. , 412 Title Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru Publication Author Pennington, T.D.; Reynel, C. & Daza, A. Publisher David Hunt; Sherbourne, England. Year 2004 ISBN 0 9538134 3 6 Description A very terse guide to the trees of Peru, managing to give basic guides to a large number of genera, with more detail on a few species in each genus. ]. The plant is commonly harvested from the wild by local people for medicinal use and as a food[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. ]. The seed is a staple food of the Pumé Amerindian group in Apure State, Venezuela[ 473 Title Novon Vol 6 Publication Author Various Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1996 ISBN Description A journal of Botanical Nomenclature. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. There have been claims that the plant is an effective treatment for Lyme Disease, though there is no known research supporting this as of 2006[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. ].